Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
Editor’s Note – Citizens’ United
Stephan: In today's edition I have focused particularly on Citizens' United. Watching zombie candidates continue to run because they are backed by Super PACs, has made it clear to me that our entire electoral process has been fundamentally changed before our eyes with consequences we still do not fully understand. Democracy is set up as a voting system by citizens. Government by the people for the people. The Super PACs that Citizens' United has brought into being constitute something quite different: the crony profit system commandeering politics. It is in essence legalized bribery.
Today's edition has a series of assessments about this new political order.