Supremes' ruling invalidates Kentucky law

So much for conservatives' support for states' rights, huh?

After yesterday's extremist U.S. Supreme Court ruling bestowing limitless "rights" on corporations, state laws that limited corporate campaign spending are gutted.

The ruling even invalidates the law of my home state of Kentucky. The Kentucky Constitution prohibits corporations from giving to political candidates. This provision has been in force longer than anyone even cares to remember.

But now it's just a husk - a damn piece of paper, as Bush would say.

Because of yesterday's ruling, corporations are now able to use investors' and consumers' money to buy candidates right here in the Bluegrass State. In short, this money will go to union-busting and other greed-driven efforts.

Is this the sort of insanity you want in Kentucky?

Maybe this will prod Kentucky legislators to endorse the proposed constitutional amendment banning corporate personhood. The Supreme Court has run roughshod over our state, and we need to restore our laws.