en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/774357 Comments by wiserguyone http://biggovernment.com/cberg/2010/01/21/citizens-united-vs-fec-supreme-court-protects-first-amendment-rights/#IDComment54131826 The need to band together for grass roots election reform has been made more urgent with the Supreme Court’s five to four decision that extended the ruling in Buckley v. Valeo, which confirmed the old adage that money talks, by taking the further step of declaring that corporations (as super citizens) have the right to speak the loudest. A corporation is not endowed by it’s creator with inalienable rights, its personhood is a legal fiction created by law, so it is the law that should curb its political speech; if the court refuses to do it then the people must take action. Indeed, as a body, we can formulate the principles for election reform and as a single force dictate what will be accepted from the candidates we elect and make the taking of inordinately large contributions from whatever source a disincentive. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:30:00 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/cberg/2010/01/21/citizens-united-vs-fec-supreme-court-protects-first-amendment-rights/#IDComment54131826