On September 9, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Citizens United v Federal Election Commission. Here is the New York Times account of the argument. There is a fair chance that the opinion will be released in the next 30 days. UPDATE: here is the 99-page transcript, thanks to Rick Hasen of ElectionLawBlog.
99 pages of election torture.
Corporations are FICTIONAL INVISIBLE *PERSONS* with ONLY the rights, privileges and immunities in the LAW that lets them exist.
Humans have ABSOLUTE rights.
Too much for the appointed party hack Supremes to understand.
I have long been a fan of Marcia Coyle’s reports on SCOTUS matters on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Here is a link to a transcript of her take on today’s oral arguments:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/july-dec09/scotus_09-09.html