by Elizabeth “Gosh, I step away for a couple of years and there’s no telling what’s going to happen,” Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor joked recently in a speech at Georgetown University. Following Tuesday’s decision to strike down bans on corporate spending in elections, it seems that truer words have never been spoken. Last [...]
Posts Tagged ‘corporate personhood’
What Would Sandra Do?: Missing O’Connor on the Court
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged caretakers, Citizen United v. Federal Election Commission, corporate personhood, double standard, Politics Daily, reproductive rights, roe v wade, Sandra Day O'Connor, SCOTUS, Woman UP, women on 02/01/2010 | 1 Comment »
Tim Tebow and Corporatization
Posted in News, tagged advertising, anti-choice, CBS, consumerism, corporate personhood, focus on the family, homophobia, SCOTUS, superbowl, supreme court, tim tebow on 01/30/2010 | 2 Comments »
by Julia The media is abuzz with the news that CBS will air a thirty-second spot by Focus on the Family featuring University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow and his mother during the Superbowl. Focus on the Family is a notoriously anti-choice organization, and the ad portrays Tebow’s mother’s decision not to abort her son, despite [...]
Tab Dump: Corporate Personhood Edition
Posted in News, tagged citizens united, corporate personhood, first amendment, supreme court on 01/23/2010 | 2 Comments »
by Julia On Thursday, in a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court overturned several precedents previously denying corporations unlimited spending in elections. The Court ruled that the First Amendment right to free speech extended to corporations. Previously limited from directly contributing to candidates, corporations now have the right to unlimited “speech” in the form of campaign [...]
