The Sunshine Empire

The radical right seems to be riding high these days. After permanently ending the Democratic majority in the Senate by adding a 41st senate seat, they now are partying in overdrive now that the Supreme Court has struck down restrictions on corporate money being used in elections. We have finally returned the country to what the founders intended, pay-for-play oligarchy. It has also finally ended the charade of conservative disagreement with legislating from the judiciary.

The exuberance over SCOTUS allowing corporations now to give unlimited amounts of money to candidates in elections is interesting on many levels. Conservatives everywhere have been trumpeting the idea as a free speech issue but it says more about their assumption that they will be the ones that will be receiving the lion’s share of corporate money. This also should put to rest the long standing fallacy of Republican disagreement with judicial activism. The SCOTUS decision is clearly an example of legislation from the bench, but nary a righty is slamming them for it. They have never had a disagreement with judicial activism, just activism that goes counter to their worldview. Whether you agree with the decision or not it’s legislation from the bench pure and simple.

The excitement of the radical right is also telling of their value system of people in general. The SCOTUS decision relates to the precedent in law that a corporation is essentially a person in the eyes of the law, and a person is entitled to free speech. The radical right’s worship of rich people borders on idolatry at times despite their avowed Christianity. The radical right views corporate speech as more important because by extension their money makes them more important. They go by Worthington’s Law:

After this decision Republicans have shown that they are for sale, and open for business.

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