A friend wrote me in response to my blog post of 4-21-11 on Koch Brothers and said that I was lax in not documenting a source for my comment "...at least two current Supreme Court Justices have attended a meeting..." referring to the secret meetings with the Koch's. The following link provides further support and names Thomas and Scalia as the Justices.
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/10/20/scalia-thomas-koch/
This article questions the ethics of the two.
So, do Koch's own the Supreme Court? I think they own enough to make a difference for these rich right-wing conservatives.
The 2010 election was the first election that allowed unlimited secret money to flow, indirectly, into federal candidates campaigns. The money came from labor unions and corporations. However, since union assets make up a small fraction of what corporations have, I guess that the contributions from labor unions will be a small fraction of the corporate contributions. Further dangers to democracy from the Citizens United ruling will present themselves over time. The 2012 election will have big time secret money going into it. We will see whether Wisconsin (another story) makes a difference for "the people," not corporate people, but real human beings of this country.
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