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at the issue that has come up
uh... case citizens united
worse is the f_e_c_
the supreme court case
being heard now now why is it so important
you know these conservatism and they have no sense of irony or pa chrissy
uh... they called a
liberal justices judicial activist
well chief justice roberts in the middle of the case
wet and cold
are lawyers arguing the case hey you know what
change course
i want to hear about something else
that you are not anticipating here
i want you to make it
argument that we should allow
corporate annually in money but merely corporate money
to get back to the politics
now it is not a lot of politics corporate money is not a lot of politics
since nineteen oh seven
okay
and they knew you money got banned a little later as well
what do i mean bad house a lot not a lot let me give you a quick explanation so
you know aware this is going
they could do packs which means a corporation can go to all their
employees as a job i always liked it
donators you know senator mccain's campaign or senator obama's campaign
and they put together but it's really hard
they do it anyway but it linda sent out of money that they could race
at now with a why do is they want a lift that restriction any taken directly
to the senator right or to the congressman or the presidential
candidate
but you couldn't if missile more is left there by the supreme court
then the floodgates open
and they can spend as much as they want before the elections on issues
and they don't give it to the candidates what they could support a candidate or
be against the candidate
in which case
millions billions
will pork in
form corporate interests for a big money and from unions
and take over the whole political process
the big money had taken over the political process now
widget acts
why do you think you know what happens at the supreme court overalls
themselves this precedent that was rare frog in nineteen ninety
and two thousand and three
now i don't know where the melody casing the hall come on come back
and argue that
give 'em up the figure that figure out your arguments
that is very
unprecedented
and is
lately
judicial activism
where they go and they find a precedent that they want to overturn that would no
one expected to be overturned
to bring more big money into the process now here's where you have to give john
mccain
ton of crat
because he's the guy who along with senator feingold it of course the mccain
feingold bill
where they want their limit the impact of big money
on politics
and excellent effort to begin with
and the fact that he came reached out
and define a lot of people in this party
who made a lot of money off of of the corporations
uh... was
honestly was fairly wrote work to begin with below that out strongly comes out
he gets the right wing supreme court now where to go to three different clips
here here's a big hit a press conference
with mccain feingold clip number twelve
some of the justices
apparently i have it says to hal
corporate in union an unlimited money affects the legislative process here
the reason why senator feingold and i joined together
in the name of campaign finance reform was in the name
of average citizens who deserve to be represented here
in congress
making of laws
it's apparent to me
at the questioning
shows a
a strong disconnect a great disconnect between
the justices and the reality
of politics
women
corporate and union leaders were able to call up
we're able to take calls from powerful committee chairman
and who would say
i want to check
and six figures in soft money and by the way your legislation is up before my
committee
we saw the corruption of soft money
we sought in the telecommunications reform act
we've seen yet
uh... we saw it and other legislative activity ah... results as well as he
influenced
of special interests and corporate in union money in washington which crowded
out in right of the average citizen who doesn't have a huge amounts of money the
corporate and union treasuries to
men calling out the right wing supreme court as naive
and not understanding the political process
those were harsh words very nicely done and he's innocent in the next few web
became and feingold
on uh... the court trying to overturn law here let's go to that clip number
thirteen
and all
or certain judges were alleging somehow corporations
have the same rights as citizens
i don't accept that france of coursework answer when the court set the special
argument
an issue relating specifically the mccain feingold bill whether this
long-standing washing your return in the idea
ventura of the agian exile
at their corporate treasuries will be opened up
to destroy the political process is a very bizarre sign
for these justices be considered
to destroy this long-standing loggers protected our democracy
again very strong language school in right after that right was supreme court
by uh... john mccain ices corporates and unions
uh... but very clear that this money pouring is not going to help the process
and that uh... these judges are going far afield
and you know as i saw this i said man
you packages and take a week enough credit here
because political as an article saying
well of corporate money does poor and it will probably help the republicans more
than the democrats so it get a lot of people in his party to be mad at this
but if all this was a clear enough mckay has got one last thing he wants to make
year clip number fourteen
anyone believe
that the rights of every citizen's to be heard in washington
would not be overridden by a massive campaign unlimited campaign
contributions from
corporations and unions
that that is a disconnect from reality
we saw the corruption that's why we active
and that's why congress acted
not you know congress' self-interest but because there was a demand on the part
of the american people in the face of corruption for us to act and we did
thought about corruption
and how the money has to be stopped because these people are being bought
off
that's good work definitely good work by micatin final
fighting on this
but you know what if you like at republicans for president and then they
wind up packing a cork with
extreme right wingers like robertson toledo
well they wind up in the court in this direction
and if this
gets all overturn but in his lawyers overturn and this precedent ideas
overturned
and in this citizens united verses the f_e_c_ case the new right wing supreme
court
says big-money tempo red
uh... that our politicians are going to be completely bought
audit every issue and they're not gonna represent us
were at the lectern it if they do now
you know they've barely doing out maybe kind of on some issues
it's his again by it
this happens so it is a monumentally important issue
and roberts smile throughout his whole
we knew well it was coming from but linked o_j_ here on the interest
roberts smile this all look alike
lamb so pleasant and smile all the time army
all yeah yeah i respect precedent so much no no no no
and i'm i'd taken very seriously
the mid eighty s in he shreds president
does judicial activism
and now wants to make sure that the money pours in so that his republican
friends can get elected more
highly politicized
highly activist
and highly wrong and damaging to our system
uh... you know i don't know if there's a way that the
more liberal or moderate or centrist uh... judges can
justices can stop the majority are only hope is probably justice kennedy
be able to swing him
but if they're taking up back case probably roberts already
guy kennedy this corner or he thinks he has kennedy to score that could be
really bad news