Protestors: Citizens United Must Be Reversed
About 18 residents represented by U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen met outside his Morristown offices Friday, called for Republican to join bi-partisan effort to change 2010 Supreme Court ruling.
Some took issue with what they called a "tow the party line" attitude by U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen. Some wanted to let the GOP politician know that, with recent redistricting, they, too, were now being represented by him. Others said it was a bi-partisan issue that needed his support. Whatever the case, and whatever their complaint, about 18 protestors wanted it known on Friday, outside Frelinghuysen's Morristown office, that there were problems, and they needed to be fixed. The crux of much of the group's reason for protest rested in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission, a landmark decision by the Supreme Court in 2010. That decision, upheld by the Court on Monday, said the First Amendment prohibited the government from …
In this Article:
V
1:16 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Truscha, I'm Israeli. In the 70ies, my country was a poster case for union diktat, so I'm likely more familiar with unions' political history than you. If anyone deserves the "oligarchy" label it is union leadership that funnels money from taxpayers and layman members into Democrat coffers. Destroy this funnel by making New Jersey a right-to-work state, and I'll gladly join the protest against … more ›