Corporate Money in Campaigns

Our conservative Supreme Court has approved corporations' right to free speech in regards to political campaigns. In a sense, they are approving the system that already exists and helping to move it forward to the next level. Most people already accept that our political system is controlled by those with financial interests and power and so the court rules in favor of the growth of the oligarchy and the plutocracy. I believe the writers of the Constitution envisioned government as a mediator and regulator, a guardian of the rights of we the people. Now the rights of the people may be diluted by the power granted to the wealthy corporations to control the substance of the debate through media. The Court has abandoned a core democratic principle and we can only hope that Congress has the will and the foresight to avert the impending disaster and manipulation of democracy.