Campaign finance protest, hidden camera disrupt high court
Source: AP
By MARK SHERMAN
WASHINGTON (AP) For the second time in 11 months, opponents of Supreme Court rulings lifting limits on money in political campaigns briefly disrupted proceedings in the courtroom and embarrassed the court by managing to get a camera past court security.
The protest Wednesday took place on the fifth anniversary of the court's Citizen United ruling that freed corporations and labor unions to spend as much as they want on elections for Congress and president.
Supreme Court police arrested seven people who rose shortly after the justices took the bench and shouted brief statements. "One person, one vote," said one protester.
An eighth person identified as Ryan Clayton was arrested with a camera, court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said.
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Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Dustlawyer
(10,497 posts)Attack them where they get control over our government and steal our Representatives. After that we bust up the media and banking oligopolies. I believe the hyper-partisanship will die down and we can elect and appoint Judges and Justices who are willing to set their biases aside rather than the partisian hacks we have now!
Spread the word and get involved! This is what a citizen must do for his/her country!
mountain grammy
(26,655 posts)Only 8 in the court, but they're backed by the majority of Americans who want the money and corruption out of our government.
We would need a special prison for the violators of new campaign finance laws, paid for by the fines of the convicted.
turbinetree
(24,720 posts)We have a right under the First Amendment to show our displeasure with this court and we also have right to tape these proceeding, this court is not above the CONSTITUTION, the Roberts court thinks it is, but his band of merry men are not above the CONSTITUTION, this a publicly financed institution, Roberts and his right wing ideologues keep forgetting this fact.
The Roberts court, denying of the real Citizens of United States in this protest and from there protection under the CONSITUTION says a lot about hypocrisy, more deceit and deception he and his supporters (Alito, Kennedy, Scalia, and Thomas) are of the oligarchy.
We (Citizens) get it, they do not and will not, they are beholden to the corporate greed both in this country and from foreign entities with there ruling from the bench, and what they have created in this country with the bribery and the corruption and all five of these right wingers should be Impeached.
Good on the protesters:
applause:
mountain grammy
(26,655 posts)Roberts has never been stopped by a traffic cop and there sits silent Thomas who, everyone knows, has certainly had multiple encounters with law enforcement during his lifetime. Way to bring your life experiences to bear on justice, Clarence.
No wonder they don't want cameras in the court. We'll see the impostors for what they really are and despise them even more.