Last week was the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision enshrining the idea that money in politics is not corruption, but constitutionally protected speech. States and cities across the US are battling the rotten legacy of that decision.
Last week was the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision enshrining the idea that money in politics is not corruption, but constitutionally protected speech. States and cities across the US are battling the rotten legacy of that decision.
And then BOOM!
Four to five years later America was introduced to something known as The Great Depression
Edit: Just a bumbling idiot here, don’t mind me lmao
Did you mean 46 years earlier instead of 4 to 5 years later?
I need to get more sleep; my brain is not mathing and I’m getting my facts crossed.
The Great Depression that happened almost 100 years ago? That definitely must have been caused by a court decision that happened half a century later
50 years ago?
They are talking about an earlier case, Buckley v. Valeo, that they say laid the foundation for Citizens United.
The case was 50 years ago. Citizens united was 2010.