The SCOTUS Five: making the world safe for corruption?

February 1, 2010 · Posted in Politics, The Supreme Court · Comment 

Three of the court's conservatives, Scalia (left) Chief Justice Roberts (center) and Alito (right)

Apparently, public corruption is NOT like pornography. Tony Scalia doesn’t know it when he sees it. And that’s not just because Supreme Court justices live sheltered, sexless lives (had a Coke lately, Clarence…?) No, it’s because like corporations, including multinationals with substantial foreign ownership, investing unlimited sums in American elections, politicians should be allowed to trade their votes for money from time to time. Read more

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