Supreme Court: Exxon and Wal-Mart Are People Too!
Today the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that corporations will no longer be banned from spending huge amounts of money on presidential or Congressional elections. The legal argument was basically about whether or not corporate-funded media designed to influence elections should be protected as free speech under the First Amendment. The decision was "Yes, it should."
What Does Yesterday's Supreme Court Corporate Spending Decision Mean for the Environment?
Following up on Andrew's post yesterday, I want to drill down on what impact this decision will have specifically on environmental issues and our hopes for passing a climate and energy bill this year. In short—it means bad things.
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TO: Your Members of Congress
I'm concerned about the recent Supreme Court decision allowing corporations to spend limitless amounts of money to affect the outcome of elections.I will stand with you as you identify and take bold steps to ensure that corporate special interests never drown out the voices of ordinary citizens in our democracy.
Sincerely,
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So what if corporations can now spend money during elections? Consider this: corporations have big pockets, and even during the ban they were still able to use special interest lobbies to influence lawmaking. Now that the ban has been lifted, they can use all the resources at their disposal to get their candidate elected. Thought it was tough getting meaningful Health Care reform, Energy Reform or any number of regulatory, environmental or social packages passed today? Well brace yourself, because it's gonna get ugly-unless we do something now. Add your signature to Fair Elections, or call your representative. Spread the word or donate, every little bit helps.
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