(This piece first was published as a guest column on The Green Grandma, July 10, 2012. It will continue there after the jump.)
Someone asked recently what could be done about Citizens United, the Supreme Court decision in 2010 that allows unlimited money to be spent on presidential campaigns – as long as the donors don’t actually talk with the candidate about where and how to spend it.
Last week SCOTUS affirmed that decision with an addition: the same rule – there is only the one – applies now to state campaigns.
The answer to the writer’s query is simple. About the decision, nothing. Contrary to the opinion of at least one politician, the Supreme Court, by definition, has the last word. Until a new Supreme Court changes it. Those who say they want to follow the U.S. Constitution need to read that part; it’s in there.