joined Brown at Citizens United where they worked alongside Koch-funded groups to block Democratic proposals, such as the health care reforms proposed by Bill and Hillary Clinton. Bossie is now more widely known as a senior Trump advisor in 2016 and 2020.
BCRA was a multi-year effort to limit dark money spending that was eluding the donation limits and disclosure requirements of the “Federal Election Campaign Act,” the Nixon era reform that had replaced the inadequate “Federal Corruption Act.” BCRA’s measures were rooted in the Senate investigation of dark money operations like “Triad,” which was linked to Charles Koch long before he became a household name for his political spending.
Roberts tapped Justice Anthony Kennedy to pen the ruling. On January 20, 2010, the Court issued a 5-4 decision that struck down BCRA’s most important protections against dark money. Usually Supreme Court decisions are issued in the summer, but this partisan ruling was timed to fall on future presidential inauguration days. The date also maximized the ability of dark money groups to influence the primary and the general elections in the 2010 midterms.
The false opposition Party , the Democratic Party, with Joe Biden, received 2/3 of Corporate 'donations' from corporations and billionaires to ensure that and other popular policy changes never happen. Joe's planned campaign promise 'failures' have served his owners well.
OMFG could this article be any more head-in-the-sand? The Senile and Geriatric Corporate Democrats won’t do anything and the GOP loves the Court now!
thelisagraves “result is vicious cycle of thwarting policies to help us all thrive~like making billionaires pay fair share, protecting freedom to vote, paid sick leave for all & investing in innovative ideas to respond to climate crisis—while entrenching econ & political power of richest few.”
thelisagraves “One consequence is the vicious chasm between what can pass Congress—such as huge tax cuts for billionaires like Charles Koch & Elon Musk—and what cannot. Elected officials whose fortunes are tied to the favor of such billionaires can block popular proposals with near impunity.”
thelisagraves “The Citizens United ruling from Court led by CJ John Roberts unleashed a tsunami of “dark money” engulfing every major nat’l & state election since then. The billionaires pumping millions into our elections are known to their political beneficiaries but not to most Americans.”
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