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I'm ignorant regarding the history of corporate personhood.

Can anyone tell me what good has come from the Citizens United ruling? How did that help our democracy?

IS the Court's mandate to "help our democracy"? Or is it to interpret statutes and the Constitution.

So that decision has hurt our democracy. And you stand by it. I suppose you want more money in our electoral process. More consolidation of power into the hands of the rich minority.

That's dandy.

Missing the point as usual. It's not the court's job to make laws that help our democracy. That's the legislature's job. It's the court's job to interpret laws passed by the legislature (or the Constitution)

You would have a point if the court made a law in this case. All they did was interpret what is already in the Constitution which is their job yes?

[Edited on 7/10/2015 by Bill_Graham]

I don't understand your point. It is always the court's job to determine the validity of an action or a law based on whether it violates the Constitution. The Constitution is a strict and limited document. It is not the Court's job to reach decisions based on whether they enhance democracy, whatever that means. To a lot of people it would mean always ruling against the more powerful party. That would be both unfair and would destroy our legal and constitutional system as the more powerful party would no longer be able to trust the judicial system to protect its rights.