The U.S. Supreme Court has transformed itself from an arbiter of the rule of law into a partisan legislative body enacting laws that endanger our democracy and defy its own constitutional review standards.

In 2010 in Citizens United v. FEC, the Court legislated against the ability of Congress to regulate corporate donations of money to political campaigns, thus assuring the power of moneyed interests over legislation. The Court majority has declared its adherence to a strict following of the language of the Constitution. In this case it relied on the First Amendment which reads in pertinent part: "Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech …" This plain language has no bearing on campaign contributions.