The Socialist Equality Party has this commentary on the January 21 U.S. Supreme Court decision Citizens United v FEC. The commentary points out that the U.S. Supreme Court now appears hypocritical, because it has not protected the First Amendment in its ballot access precedents. The criticism is valid. The Court has not struck down any ballot access law since 1992. Two particular justices, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, have never voted to strike down any state ballot access law, even though they each have been on the court for more than 17 years. The Court has refused cert petitions on ballot access constitutional changes in the last fifteen years from Alabama, Arizona, California, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Texas.