GOP likes this federal control

Time and time again, the Republican Party claims “state’s rights” when it cannot game the system to get what it wants at the national level.

Remember the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, where the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, came to the conclusion that corporations have the right to free speech and money constitutes free speech? The justices in the majority were all appointed by Republican presidents.

When our country was young and growing, we had vast corruption throughout the western United States by corporations. Railroad, cattle, timber and mining barons (aka robber barons) controlled and bought local and state politicians. Montana in its wisdom restricted corporations in state politics.

Montana challenged Citizens United, and the very same Supreme Court justices appointed by Republican presidents that supported the Citizens United case also dismissed the Montana case without any oral arguments.

Many newspapers across America have expressed their opinions on this issue, but refuse to state the obvious fact that this morally offensive act was brought to you by the Republican Party and paid for by corporate America.

Lawrence Schuchart

Spokane