The recent decision by the United States Supreme Court, in the case of “Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission,” allows corporations and unions to spend unlimited amounts of money to promote political candidates, parties and causes. This effectively nullifies Democracy as we once thought of it.
The individual or small business that can only afford to [...]
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Making Free Speech Free
January 31st, 2010 · 2 Comments · Design and Communication, Editorial, Politics and Social Issues, law, media
Tags:dissent·dissent decree·dissentdecree·law·Meaning·media·outrage·politics·Supreme Court
Still Waiting for the Change We Can Believe In
January 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Editorial, Politics and Social Issues
I voted for a “change we can believe in,”—for President Obama and the Democrats. Today I am dismayed.
Yes, we have gotten change, the change of spin and rhetoric. But corporate greed and the arrogance of the nation’s top bankers continue unabated while our social fabric and economic system shreds. In contemporary America, justice, ethics, morality, [...]
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Law Cannot Confer Justice
January 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
The American practice of law requires acting, guise, knowledge, guts and chance. It is an adversarial system, which largely reflects the prevailing opinions and biases of the legal community, the corporate elites and the politically powerful. Success at law is measured by wins and billings and is therefore amoral—a game played much like poker—replete with [...]
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