Today is an important day in the future history of the USA, not because Sonya Sotomayer has taken a seat on the Supreme Court, but because of the case of judicial activism that will cross her bench.
Today the US Supreme Court is scheduled to rehear Citizens United v. the FEC. The decision in this case could allow corporations to exercise their right to "free" speech by spending unlimited money to influence elections.
What this case would do is equate speech with money, and dismantle McCain/Feingold campaign finance law.
Shareholder activist Robert A.G. Monks has been heroically striving to bring this to the nations attention and you can read all about it here:
Corporate speech
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