The 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court ruling changed U.S. politics — possibly forever — and Democrats desperately want it overturned. Here's how the decision on Super PACs has shaped politics in America. (via Brut News)
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00:00Money is not speech, corporations are not people.
00:26This week, the United States Supreme Court handed a huge victory to the special interests
00:30and their lobbyists, and a powerful blow to our efforts to rein in corporate influence.
00:35This ruling strikes at our democracy itself.
00:57The idea that somebody can pour millions and millions of dollars into a campaign, and in certain cases it may not even be identified,
01:05I think really kind of goes counter to the kind of America I believe in.
01:10Our Supreme Court, in a series of deeply misguided decisions, unleashed an unprecedented flow of money into American politics.
01:20These decisions culminated in the infamous Citizens United case,
01:27which opened the financial spigots for huge campaign contributions by billionaires and large corporations
01:36to turn the United States political system to their narrow and greedy advantage.
01:43Look at cases that pit corporations against human beings.
01:47All the five to four Republican appointee decisions line up to help corporations against humans.
01:54Citizens United and the political money decisions should again count here.
01:59All three of them, five to four, all the Republicans.
02:02We've got to overturn Citizens United if possible, or do other things to neuter it, if you will.
02:17I heard everyone here talking about, as Democrats, we all want to overturn Citizens United because we want to end this unlimited spending.
02:28Yeah, except everyone on this stage, except Amy and me, is either a billionaire or is receiving help from PACs that can do unlimited spending.
02:41So if you really want to live where you say, then put your money where your mouth is and say no to the PACs.
02:57It's no longer one person, one vote, but the amount of money that's actually voting.
03:08Corporations are not people. I have never seen a corporation eat, sleep, and in fact, it's a conglomerate made only to make money.
03:19We are the people.