Substance

The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to roll back spending limits on corporations attempting to influence elections is a hard blow to anyone that hoped we could get to real representative democracy in the U.S.

The overturning of this decades old law by conservative activist judges seems inappropriate and unjust.  With this decision, corporations now have more freedom to influence elections than an average citizen, plus an obvious economic advantage.

See more on the story here:  minnesota.publicradio.org

Substance would like to encourage everyone that believes in democracy to step up and let it be known that corporations should not have unhindered ability to manipulate elections.  We also would like to cheer on pro-democracy activists like those at Democracy Matters and Common Cause for fighting for election reform; now is a more important time for this work than ever.

Check out www.democracymatters.org for more.