I know I don't usually post on Saturday, but I'm feeling spunky. First, the Citizens United decision was made and the Court decided that Corporations should are able to spend an unlimited amount on independent advertisements (used to be illegal to spend any amount). I've read a lot of commentary on the issue and it seems that most sites believe this decision to also extend to unions, but that is still unclear. After reading all of Justice Kennedy's majority opinion, he interchanges the two words as if to give the impression that the decision extends to unions, but that does fall outside of the decision. If it doesn't extend to unions yet, I'm sure a case will come up and be decided quickly allowing them the same rights. To be honest, I don't really like what this does to campaign finance. I know that corporations were able to move their money in other ways during campaigns with quite a few hurdles. Those hurdles didn't stop the money... but frankly I like the hurdles. Yet, the reasoning in Justice Kennedy's opinion is sound. He relied on the importance of political speech during an election and the necessity of the First Amendment to protect that speech. I like the idea of fairness and less influence on my politicians, but there is no right to that in the Constitution. Freedom of speech is in there.
Last night Nic and I started A Link to the Past... likely the greatest game ever made. I say that a lot, but while usually I say that about any game that has made an impact on me, I say it about this one with the addition that it is nearly flawless. I won't gush on, but he and I are going for 100% completion on it. With the absence of achievements on the Wii, we need to settle for making our own.
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