One by One, Protesters Interrupt Supreme Court Over Citizens United Case

[laserhaas]

Source: New York Times

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court was disrupted Wednesday morning by a protest denouncing the justices’ decision in Citizens United. It was the fifth anniversary of that ruling, which allowed unlimited political spending by corporations and unions.

Shortly after the justices took their seats on the bench at 10 a.m., a woman rose in the back of the courtroom and yelled, “Overturn Citizens United.” She was hustled from the room.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. seemed to take the disruption in stride. “Our second order of business this morning —” he started to say, but he was interrupted as another protester rose, followed, one by one, by at least four more.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/us/one-by-one-protesters-interrupt-supreme-court-over-citizens-united-case.html?_r=0

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The group of persons/protestors, are part of the 99Rise organization (pic below); which is based upon Kai Newkirk's heretofore famous protest at the United States Supreme Court. Their sole purpose is to draw attention to the issue of Citizen's United and get the manifest injustice of that case overturned.

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This is a video of Kai's actual protest at the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Here's the link to Kai Newkirk's website for 99Rise
http://www.99rise.org/kainewkirk
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Kai (one with the dark shirt) asks that we sign
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They also have a Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/99Rise

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Twitter
https://twitter.com/99rise

@99Rise

[uhnope]

1. K&R

[George II]

2. Although I agree with the premise behind their protest, I don't see what good they did this morning.

[laserhaas]

4. Publicity and Nobility. When ordinary citizens put themselves at great risk

It is heartwarming - instills hope and draws attention to a SERIOUS troubling matter.

Everyone laughed at me when I told them Mitt's running again.

No one believes me when I scream he's going to steal this election.

Once he does - it will be WAY too late to protest then!

I',m just sayin.....

[uhnope]

10. hopefully they'll put a reminder of the public interest into the more whacked members of SCOTUS

[zeemike]

16. Well they don't do it because they have any hope of convincing the SCOUTS

that will not happen just because of that.
But they do it for you, to convince you that you should join them. And if enough joined them then they can convince them to change it.

But as long as we are all afraid to risk anything they will always arrest any troublemakers and go right back to what they were doing.
I suspect that is why our media tries to create so much fear...people can be controlled by it.

[laserhaas]

20. It is a sad state of affairs - what can be done

by PUN

DITZ

[laserhaas]

3. Here's a link to CBS News state lays claim to the protest

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-disrupted-by-citizens-united-protesters/

[laserhaas]

5. NBC News coverage of the Supreme Court Citizens United protest

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/protesters-disrupt-beginning-u-s-supreme-court-session-n290411

[Fred Sanders]

6. Next up. Fox. The madness of their fascist inspired lies must end.

NBC frame CU as " controversial". Fuckers are the chief beneficiary of the flood of cash. Not credible media source on the issue.
The mainstream media is no longer mainstream, they are not longer guardians of democracy.

[laserhaas]

7. Concur! WE are the main stream media.

Social Networking instant news

Such that a Congressman - CAN"T - start over....

[Fred Sanders]

8. To me the MSM is still media, but they are not the free press, they are shackled by money. We

are the new truly free press.

[laserhaas]

9. Concur - They are still media; but propagandist ones.

We are the main stream....

[uhnope]

14. I don't concur. bloggers and anonymous chatters do not replace media professionals

[laserhaas]

18. Blogging outfits and qualitative Bloggers MOST certainly do replace (purported) media professionals

Recent decision by upper courts affirmed that Bloggers are consider to have protection as free press.
http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2014/01/17/12-35238.pdf

Granted - currently - there's NO standard rating agency (such as a S&P on integrity/quality of msm and/or blogs)

Be that as it may - we get the news out there much more true - than main streams ever do!

Because "professionals" (as you surely can NOT call main stream) - SELL OUT.

They ain't pure

Just sayin....

[uhnope]

25. that view is kind of cute, I guess

naive, pretentious, arrogant, but cute

[laserhaas]

26. HA HA.... I'm the man suing Romney (battling him for 10 years)

and you call me "naive" "pretentious" "arrogant" and "cute"

WOW

[The Stranger]

11. You're going to need to get some of the conservatives to leave the bench.

Scalia and Thomas are getting old, but Roberts and Alito are likely going to be there for a long time.

[The Stranger]

12. But then you also have to get rid of Harry Reid, who let these young conservatives on to the bench.

Harry Reid didn't fight the Republicans on this, and in doing so fucked us for decades to come.

[Reter]

21. Well, what was he supposed to do?

I mean, what happens if a Republican president gets to appoint a new member? Vote against every one for four years?

[laserhaas]

22. We need control of the SCOTUS - in order to have a more perfect union

that protects liberty and rights

over corporate powers.


This protest is as good a place to start - as any...

[Reter]

23. I agree with you, I'm just asking what you would do as a Senator

Would you vote against every pick by a Republican? Filibuster every one, even if he or she wasn't conservative? Poppy Bush picked a liberal the first time around.

[laserhaas]

24. I'd never have to worry about that one - failing the qualifier.

They'd never trust me to be one

since I turned down the bribe to be Mitt's partner!

[The Stranger]

27. You start way before that, in the nominations process itself, and you go to the Republicans and tell

them that if they want to get a hard-core Federalist Society piece of shit through, they'd better think again.

Tell them you would appreciate a heads-up as to who they had in mind. If they show you someone who would fuck us for decades (a la Citizens United), you tell them that the agenda is too busy for that person for the next five years.

If they show you someone relatively centrist (even if right-leaning), you thank them, tell them you'll help them out, and you get it done.

This is real easy stuff, by the way.

[louis-t]

13. Heroes, every one.

Standing up to the activist dictators in SC.

[laserhaas]

15. Concur!

[Fred Sanders]

17. No cameras, we have a fascist state to build here!

[laserhaas]

19. Ha ha..... sort of like I tell people when they argue with me on Romney

especially those who say it's a political thing.

NO - your crook can't be elected!

OURS is better!