Supreme Court rules corporate contributions can't be limited
Originalists everywhere cheer the decision. You know- because the founders believed that "individual" meant "corporation," and "speech" meant "campaign contribution."
Perhaps the decision can be legally defended- but it most definitely can't be on the grounds of originalism. Not that Scalia or Thomas actually care. They are, and always have been, results oriented rather than principled. |
I think ones reaction to this depends on whether one feels that the electorate, the citizens of America, as it were, are stupid or not.
I'm kinda undecided. Because I believe if the electorate is stupid, lazy, and uneducated, this country will fail. And it's not like there is zero evidence that this is the case. |
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Also, whatever the founders may have thought, SCOTUS has held many times over many years that speech protections apply to corporations, associations and other collections of human beings. Austin and McConnell are the departures from precedent there, not this case. |
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I'm sure Cali's baiting me, but I'll bite anyway.
I haven't read the opinions yet (though I cheer the decision, based on what I've heard), but the originalism dig by Cali is a complete red herring. As if Thomas or Scalia ever claimed that all decisions they make are originalist. Scalia has in fact said the exact opposite. The results-oriented dig is also complete nonsense. I've heard Scalia speak a number of times of cases where his originalist approach has led him to a decision that he personally disagrees with. "Results-oriented" is the short definition of "judicial activist," and the ideological side most guilty of that is the Left. Cf. Current Prop 8 challenge in federal court. |
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Could it be that originalism isn't, and never has been, and never can be, the anchor you want it to be? Forgive me if I chuckle a bit that Scalia's statement that he isn't results oriented is conclusive proof that he isn't results oriented. |
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For your benefit, here is what Scalia said to Peter Robinson less than a year ago (which I posted on this site at the time): Quote:
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what's the counter argument? That congress has the ability to restrict corporate and union funded speech in any way it sees fit?
Only an individual alone has the unrestricted right to free speech? |
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Although technically I'm not an originalist, or anything else. I'm just a computer programmer who is a complete legal layman. But I like what I read about it. :) Quote:
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