Bilski: business as usual [LWN.net]

Bilski: business as usual

Posted Jun 29, 2010 2:30 UTC (Tue) by gmaxwell (guest, #30048)
In reply to: Bilski: business as usual by modernjazz
Parent article: Bilski: business as usual

Have you actually read the Citizens United opinions? It's a hard question ... I found it much harder to be outraged once I was well informed. This is often, but not always the case with supreme court cases.

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Bilski: business as usual

Posted Jun 29, 2010 15:35 UTC (Tue) by modernjazz (guest, #4185) [Link]

Sure, I agree that it's a complex issue, and IANASCJ (I Am Not A Supreme Court Justice). Not that it would help clarify things much if I were, given the 5-4 ruling...

But one thing is certain: no one could possibly call Citizens United a narrow ruling. Indeed, it was pretty close to the broadest possible ruling, given the constraints of the case. Sometimes broad rulings are good, sometimes bad, but it's an error to think that this particular court is never interested in expansive rulings. Therefore, it was not crazy to hope that the Bilski ruling would have been more expansive.