Posted on 05/10/2015 10:31:36 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Any nominee he’d ever make to the Supreme Court would need to be opposed to it.
Sen. Bernie Sanders hates the Supreme Court Citizens United ruling and if he becomes president he'll make sure his Supreme Court nominees vote to overturn it, he said Sunday.
“If elected president, I will have a litmus test in terms of my nominee to be a Supreme Court justice and that nominee will say that they are going to overturn this disastrous Supreme Court decision,” the Vermont independent said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
Though he understands why Hillary Clinton will be using a Super PAC to raise funds – she has said she doesn’t like it but she has to compete – he will not use one, he said. The senator, who is now seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, has long warned about the insidious influence of big money in politics.
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Since his presidential announcement less than two weeks ago, Sanders said nearly 90,000 people have donated to his campaign, averaging $43 each.
Athough he doesn’t think he’ll outspend Clinton or Republican Jeb Bush, Sanders said he'll be able raise enough money to run a strong campaign. And he believes he can beat Clinton.
Tagging himself the most progressive member of the Senate, Sanders said he believes he can appeal to voters during the current “very strange moment in American history,” referring to the nation’s current unequal distribution of income.
He cited his opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, vote against the Iraq war, and campaign against the Keystone pipeline as policies that will set him apart from Clinton.
He has no chance of winning the Democratic presidential nomination.
Sanders is so far left he has no appeal outside of Vermont.
I salute him though for pestering Hillary.
Yeah? Yuh frickin Devil Worshipin, Satanic Inspired, Kommunist.
The Constitution and laws of the land be damned.
Is he farther left than Paul Wellstone?
And no small corporation should ever be allowed to fund a low budget film critical of any Democrat/Socialist
Well, at least with old Bernie, what you see is what you get. And anyone who goes after the former First Criminal can’t be all bad.
Communists always hate people exercising their freedoms.
But he’s okay with multi billion dollar islamonazi and commie funding?
Run, Bernie, Run!
If for no other reason than to harass Herself, Madame Benghazi, the Cold & Joyless. Flank Herself on the left, and when Herself counters, move even further left. Put Herself so far out that retreat would at be at best clumsy and embarrassing, even for a Clinton.
Liberal billionaires in politics are not the problem. Conservative billionaires in politics are the problem.
Precisely why Sanders only want to overturn Citizens United for conservatives.
yes indeed....... and it is all such a fake alarm too....
IF he ever got the court to reverse its decision, does he imagine that would stop ANY billionaires from using their money any way they wish....?
of course not.
he wants rich leftist Nazi/IslamoNazi/Communist billionaires like Soros to continue bankrolling the socialist agenda and leftist candidates
he wants labor unions to continue to donate donate donate to his leftist, collectivist candidates and causes
but he doesn’t want conservative billionaires or corporations to be able to donate any money at all
people do what they wanna do. THAT may be the weakest link in the leftist world view, thinking that all they have to do is write another regulation and people will happily comply.
people don’t behave that way, never have and never will.
people obey just laws not unfair one-sided dictats
unwinding all the damage Obama has done... will take time...but a lot of it will unravel naturally... is unravelling naturally even now.... as people refuse compliance
a recent elderly friend had 9 doctors (they all specialize nowadays). NONE of the 9 said he would accept Obamacare patients. NONE. The Obamacare patients are right back where they started ... waiting on line at the county hospital to be seen by anyone who happens to be on staff that day. Oh yes, but now with larger deductibles and higher premium payments.
When I was growing up, the collges were FULL of drugs; a son of a US Senator friend tripped out on magic mushroooms and was in a padded cell in the lunatic asylum the last time I saw him. you could smell the MJ all over campus (except where the nerds were, ha). No laws or rules or regulations could stop people from doing what they wanted.
Does Bernie think any new ruling could possibly stop rich folks from donating to the causes or charities of their choice? Even if he got the ruling he wants, not much would actually change. He’d have a victory he could trumpet, yes. The donation money would, however, continue to flow
He need look no further than all the illegal IslamoNazi money that went into Obama’s campaign, or all the illegal IslamoNazi and other dictator-sourced money that Hillary has collected (extorted, whored herself out for, you choose whatever phrases fit your viewpoint the best...the money is still in her bank account)
No, Bernie, your proposal may make you feel good but its a giant waste of time otherwise.
Keep going Bernie... to the Left Bernie... and drag Hillary with you.
The Dems have Sanders running only to make it clear that there people even more extreme than Hillary when it comes to the left.
The election is in its final months and Shrillary!'s corrupt backside is finally brought to trial, ending her POTUS run.
Bernie Sanders, "Independent" (and avowed Socialist), is the last man standing and ignorant Democrat voters elect him to office.
Ta-da...America's first Socialist POTUS.
The funny thing - you will NEVER see a well-known socialist/leftist politician oppose the Federal Reserve.
Why not? It is the source of Wall Street’s power and wealth. Its existence, and especially its present policies, are increasing the gaps between rich and poor. It gives the 0.01% all the advantages the Left hates.
So why do they not speak against the Federal Reserve system?
Because it is also the foundation of progressive, statist government in the USA.
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