...the so called conservative Robert's Court is actually practicing dummy down interpretation of the Constitution.
...imagine erasing 'worldly knowledge' from Constitution interpretation. In the case of Citizen's United a glaring example of 'dummying down the court' is more than evident.
What the justices were referring to is that not all decisions are academic. The decisions the Supreme Court makes has to be tempered with the understanding the lives of citizens will be effected by those decisions and how that interprets in 'the real world' matters.
...imagine erasing 'worldly knowledge' from Constitution interpretation. In the case of Citizen's United a glaring example of 'dummying down the court' is more than evident.
...The U.S. Supreme Court blocked (click title to entry - thank you) a century-old Montana ban on corporate campaign spending, signaling the justices may reinforce a 2010 ruling that allowed companies to donate unlimited amounts to influence elections.
The high court yesterday put the Montana law on hold until it announces whether it will review the measure, which is being challenged by two nonprofit corporations and a family-owned business.
The case would test the 2010 ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. That decision, which divided the court 5-4 along ideological lines, allowed corporate spending as long as companies don’t directly coordinate with candidates.
Two justices who dissented in the 2010 case, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer, called on the court to reconsider it. The appeal in the Montana case “will give the court an opportunity to consider whether, in light of the huge sums currently deployed to buy candidates’ allegiance, Citizens United should continue to hold sway,” Ginsburg wrote for the two....
I remember an interview Sandra Day O'Conner did about some of her decisions and I if I am not mistaken Justice Ginsburg made the same if not similar statement, (I am paraphrasing) "A good decision is based on understanding the country and how a decision effects lives."
What the justices were referring to is that not all decisions are academic. The decisions the Supreme Court makes has to be tempered with the understanding the lives of citizens will be effected by those decisions and how that interprets in 'the real world' matters.Why is the Montana decision regarding Citizen's United grossly remarkable to the directive that Supreme Court decisions are being dummied down and I do mean intentionally, Because what the majority of the Robert's Court stated to justify their idiocy was that there was no way of knowing if corporate monies were actually going to corrupt the political system.
In fact there was. There was a very long history of how commercialization ruined democracy in Montana. The reason the Montana law was written in the first place is because Standard Oil OWNED AND OPERATED Montana. Not just the gas stations and oil fields, but, the state government. They leveraged their profits by owning the state government.
