Congressman Alan Grayson - Citizens United Part Deux & SCOTUS

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You need to know this big news .

Came out to the supreme court today as the justices handed down a ruling on Arizona's controversial.

Papers please anti-immigration law High Court struck down three out of four provisions in the law.

Arguing that such state laws preamps the authority of the federal government to handle immigration.

But the court did up all the provisions which allow officers to investigate the immigration status.

Have anyone they've legally detain for committing a crime and allows police to stop it arrest someone they suspect being in the country illegally after vision could be struck down in the future however if it leads to racial profiling which it almost certainly will it could well be struck down some expected the supreme court also hand down a ruling on Obamacare but that won't happen until Thursday get the implications are both these rulings a little bit later but we begin tonight with the Supreme Court ruling this morning that's not getting nearly as much attention as it should it's the case American tradition partnership verses bowler.

Or what should that be better known as citizens united part do the issue at hand was whether or not the state in montana could ignore the High Court's 2010 Citizens United ruling.

Since that state had a law on the books for more than a hundred years.

The ban corporate spending in state elections twenty-two states plus the District of Columbia and several lawmakers urged the High Court to hear all arguments in the case and relitigate citizens united altogether now the damage in the decision is clearly on display two years later.

But in another five to four ruling the conservative justices chose not even hear any orel arguments.

And essentially struck down the montana law ruling that its 2010 Citizens United decision applies not just a federal elections.

At the state elections as well so for the second time in two years the supreme court has given corporations and millionaires and billionaires the right to spend unlimited amounts of money by in our politicians.

And this buyout is well underway as Koch brothers Shelly adelson US Chamber of Commerce a pledge to spend more than a billion dollars to defeat President Obama.

And caresses around the nation so what happens now.

Here to answer that is congressman Alan Grayson up congressman with gots dot com fame.

Former representative from Florida's 8 district is now running for Congress to reclaim his seat.

Congressman welcome thank you thanks for joining us does does this decision surprise you some respects yes because it shows.

What lengths the evolve it's taken over the Supreme Court the right link above want to go this case what they're done is they've shown a disregard for the basic principle of federalism.

What this case involves was whether.

The montana Constitution that rule regarding the restraint the money and also its that was separate and and apart from what the US constitution sets know we have fifty states that the different constitutions much ice cream but was constraining Montana law and hear the springboard norba the five-man majority in order and went along with the their decision in Citizens United so part did surprise me because it shows certain unscrupulous this on the part about majority however I was.

Actually encouraged by one thing which the fact that for members and Supreme Court explicitly set that they thought it was already time to reconsider that ruling that they were prepared to do so so we need one more.

One or both and we can go ahead trying.

To to regain control or holiday we can control our political system in our.

Campaigning system and we can also I think a.

Here to this idea that somehow money speech and I corporations are the same as human beings so i'm encouraged in that regard yet you're running for Congress right now how is running post citizens united different from when you were running before pre citizens united well I'll tell you I'll in 2010 there was a POS systems United campaign and we got hit with more negative advertising than any other House candidate in the entire country five and a half million dollars with so independent expenditures two million by the Koch brothers two million by the health insurance companies were incensed but introduce the bill so close medicare to everybody another million dollars by the National Republican Party half a million by the Chamber of Commerce.

So for me this is nothing new but already we see in the sewer at.

Consumer money yes there are saturating the airwaves in Orlando.

324,000 also chamber commerce first two weeks of May or low this is the reality with its all on one side.

Big money is doing nothing but helping propping up the republican party.

Because they understand okay arm doesn't appeal to anybody except the billionaires and the multinational corporations what's your take on what's probably going to come down to the Supreme Court on Thursday Congressman Chris.

Well there's several.

Possibilities there is the possibility that built the side in accordance with their own Preston going back now eighty years.

That the government has the authority to do was proposing to do.

I and in the health-care Reform Act for instance.

The government can draft you and take you over and Russia and Vietnam.

I think many of us rolled up to remember that the government can require.

That you have a jury view the government can require US drivers.

Harry wants to ensure its I think it's reasonable government can require you to carry what amounts to an emergency room be you know you get the right to go emergency room here is simply a.

A or the government to the system that you paid for so I I hope that they will respect their own presidents going back to the.

Early thirties up the last century and find a.

Constitutional.

But what to expect I expect the same thing most people spare believe nor the press that's the same way they got a hundred years that presidents the Citizens United case and I'll find some or all of the bill unconstitutional it would be no more than saw that much is clear I think scholars agree on that this bill is clearly separable that means that you can be struck down the individual mandate would be no worries the strike than any other are the bill but with the Supreme Court on outs yeah absolutely I'm tell us about your money bomb project here.

Yes a as I mentioned earlier already being inundated here in Orlando with outrageous negative thats.

A little backs that BS run against be starting to have a world wire liar pants on fire lies thats look at Baxter not mine.

And the same thing is true from FactCheck that or we're doing is we're asking people to come to our website congressman got stuck on.

Give us the support that we need to fight back the fight back against the corporate smears that have already started in central bar months ago remarkable congressman Alan Grayson thank you for joining us thank you to right-wing justice anthony kennedy ruled in 2010 that corporate spending in our elections quote.

Does not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption. and cook but today with billionaires like Shelley adelson the Koch brothers pledging to spend a half billion dollars to elect Mitt Romney at be born yesterday I believe their money comes with no strings attached.

Thanks the Roberts Court American oligarchs are making campaign contributions making investments and day by day getting big returns on those us.





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