Roberts is a little late in trying to prevent corruption in govt!
Why are individuals limited but other organizations are not?
Well the candidates already spend 1 billion on the Presidential election. That will be chump change in 2016.
All of McCain’s work in the 90’s on “campaign finance reform” has now been totally wiped out!
Remember when he said there would be “blood in the water” if he didn’t get a vote on his McCain-Feingold bill? Well they passed it, Bush signed it and O’Connor, Stevens and Souter went along with it. But Roberts and Alito have reversed it!
McCain has the same zeal for “comprehensive immigration reform,” which is why that too needs to be stopped. Anything McCain is for is bad for the country!
They already are. The liberal line seems to be "That scumbag Roberts is scheming with the Koch brothers to buy a permanent Republican majority!" (and to think Roberts was their best buddy when he upheld the Individual Mandate, I guess the honeymoon is over).
Will this moot the prosecution of Ramesh Ponneru?
The biggest buyer, if one counts the number of votes bought, is the government itself. Universal suffrage invites this sort of soft corruption, where the government grants money to “the needy,” and the needy in turn vote for more of that.
So the Supremes rule “free speech” trumps campaign finance limits. Let’s hope they also rule that freedom of religion trumps Obamacare.
It is a good thing obamacare has a dedicated pot of untraceable money to pay for propoganda, political campaign ads, and contributions to progressive candidates.
McCain is already certifiable, this will just put the finishing touches on his schizophrenia.
...Bundlers and PACs hit hardest.