Wilmette Wadical

The Supreme Court has just ruled that campaign finance reform, as codified in McCain-Feingold, is unconstitutional. The fundamental result of this is that the "person" with the biggest wallet has the opportunity for his, or its, free speech to be heard more widely, more frequently, and hence with greater influence than those with smaller wallets.

In doing so, the Supreme Court has failed to recognize that the first three words of the U.S. Constitution do not read "We the Persons." Abraham Lincoln did not conclude his Gettysburg Address that the "government of the persons, by the persons, and for the persons shall not perish from this earth." The Supreme Court Justices need to be reminded of this by We the People.