The bitch slap heard across Corporate America: MT High Court Rebukes Citizens United

[There Is No Spoon]

The Montana Supreme Court just sent a chill down Corporate America’s spine. The state’s high court restored the century-old ban on direct spending by corporations on political candidates or committees.



This stunning rebuke of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision in 2010 that deemed corporations as people, which gave them constitutional rights to spend money on political campaigns is a win for democracy.

With Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney publicly stating that Corporations are people, perhaps he should take heed of this monumental ruling. This is clearly a sign of the times – the attorney General, Steve Bullock who defended the ban is now running for Governor.

... http://freakoutnation.com/2012/01/02/the...ns-united/

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Hope more states decide to follow suit.

[Peacetrain]

There is hope!.. Montana no less.. there is a LOT of hope

[Ikonoklast]

The massive over-reach by the SC with the CU ruling will bite corporate America in the ass.

The groundswell to amend the Constitution over corporate personhood is just starting.

[pappy]

Bernie Sanders will be on The Colbert Report tonight talking about Saving American Democracy Amendment.

[jaxx]

I'd love to see more states fight this. The repubs are always screaming states rights.....let's see if they mean it.

[Brewman_Jax]

They made a very close interpretation the SC case, but following state law, and the appeals to the federal courts are in progress. In accordance with the checks and balances provisions of the Constitution, the law has to be changed. Hopefully, the impetus is there to do that.

[sandnsea]

Montana is a huge union state. The only reason they vote Republican is to vote against environmentalists and for jobs. Much like West Virginia. That and their guns. This doesn't surprise me, they aren't big on Big Business up there. Hopefully other state will take notice and stop being intimidated by the national GOP.

[Drunken Irishman]

I think Montana is a state Obama could carry. Remember, in '08, he barely lost there. If it's Romney, who's totally in the pockets of big business...

[PoliticalTiger]

Should be interesting to see if the Repug's stand behind their mantra "states rights" on this or cry "activist judges."