Colbert on the Impending Campaign Finance Armageddon

—By Nick Baumann

| Wed Sep. 16, 2009 5:36 AM PDT

You may have heard that corporations are people, people have the right to free speech, money is speech, and therefore campaign finance restrictions are unconstitutional. That's basically why the totally-non-activist conservative majority on John Roberts' Supreme Court might decide to throw out 100 years of precedent and just let corporations pour unlimited amounts of money into election campaigns. Stephen Colbert breaks it down for you:

Advertise on MotherJones.com

Nick Baumann

News Editor

Nick Baumann covers national politics and civil liberties issues for Mother Jones' DC Bureau. For more of his stories, click here. You can also follow him on Twitter and Facebook. Email tips and insights to nbaumann [at] motherjones [dot] com. RSS |

Get Mother Jones by Email - Free. Like what you're reading? Get the best of MoJo three times a week.

Photo Essays + Slideshows

India's Girl Effect

Are microloans the best 21st century birth control device? A photo essay.

The War on Congo's Women

Photos from a country where it's more dangerous to be a woman than a soldier.

America's Top 10 Polluters

The EPA releases a database of greenhouse gas sources. Is there a global warmer in your backyard?

Scenes From the Gay Marriage Battle

This war is high-casualty, too.

See All