Comments on: Supreme Court ruling permits more direct corporate influence on elections http://thelensnola.org/2010/01/22/supreme-court-ruling-permits-more-direct-corporate-influence-on-elections/ Investigative Journalism from New Orleans and the Gulf Coast States Wed, 16 May 2012 20:21:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Editilla~New Orleans Ladder http://thelensnola.org/2010/01/22/supreme-court-ruling-permits-more-direct-corporate-influence-on-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Editilla~New Orleans Ladder Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:51:00 +0000 http://thelensnola.org/?p=3555#comment-293 Frankly, I see a much deeper problem here with this ruling's effect on local judiciary, as more than 80 percent of the judges in the states are elected. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122993740&ft=1&f=1003 http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/oconnor-mildly-criticizes-courts-campaign-finance-decision/ Frankly, I see a much deeper problem here with this ruling’s effect on local judiciary, as more than 80 percent of the judges in the states are elected.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122993740&ft=1&f=1003
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/oconnor-mildly-criticizes-courts-campaign-finance-decision/

]]> By: Tom http://thelensnola.org/2010/01/22/supreme-court-ruling-permits-more-direct-corporate-influence-on-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Tom Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:51:13 +0000 http://thelensnola.org/?p=3555#comment-279 "Most observers agreed that this ruling would help Republicans, who have traditionally supported industrial interests." And Democrats don't?! “Most observers agreed that this ruling would help Republicans, who have traditionally supported industrial interests.”

And Democrats don’t?!

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