Latest US Supreme Court Decision Places the US in the Hands of the Monied Interests
Paul Craig Roberts
US Supreme Court Expands Its Ruling that Turns Over US Elections to the Control of Monied Interests, such as Big Pharma, Agri-business, the Military-security Complex, and the Israel Lobby. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/us/supreme-court-campaign-finance.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20260630&instance_id=178001&nl=breaking-news®i_id=304508195&segment_id=222321&user_id=e2862097b5a5d4f22d0b82b929ce528a
Some years ago the Supreme Court ruled that limits on organized interest groups’ contributions to political campaigns was a violation of free speech. This ruling, which has no basis in the US Constitution or in common sense, gave organized money the power to purchase the US government. And it has.
Not content with this damage to representative government, the US Supreme Court just removed all remaining limits to the ability of money to purchase the government. The majority opinion said:
“Whether the Democratic Party, the Republican Party or other parties, all political parties and candidates going forward can compete equally under the same rules regarding coordinated expenditures and can structure their fund-raising, spending and political speech on a level playing field as they see fit within the law.”
This is ignorant nonsense. The Supreme Court is saying that the monied interests it has empowered can compete on equal terms. This competition excludes the American electorate. What the Supreme Court has done is to remove any influence of voters on government policy. The government’s policy is determined by the money of the interest groups that elects presidents, federal and state representatives and senators, governors, mayors and county commissions. All American voters are permitted to do is to vote for the candidates financed by vested interests. Every American vote is pointless.
We, in our stupidity, call this “democracy,” and we recently celebrated our “independence” instead of acknowledging our captivity.