The Hill reports that Senate Republicans are threatening a possible filibuster if President Obama's next Supreme Court nominee expresses a willingness to overturn the recent high court ruling in the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which gave corporations the unlimited right to spend as much money as they want on political campaigns.
In threatening a fight to keep the Citizens United decision in place, the Senate Republicans are apparently choosing to dismiss the views of their constituents. According to a February poll by the Washington Post and ABC News, 80% of Americans surveyed oppose the ruling. The results were bipartisan, with 85 percent of Democrats opposing the ruling, along with 76 percent of Republicans and 81 percent of Independents.
Of course, these new threats by the Senate Republicans should come as no surprise, since their voting records in recent decades have made it quite clear that they are working for the corporations, not for the people.
Sometimes I wonder if any of the non-wealthy people who vote Republican will ever wake up and see that they are voting against their own best interests.
On the other hand, with Washington shifting more and more to the right, sometimes it seems like there are really no alternatives. But that is a whole other topic for another day.
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