I agree that CU was a culmination of decades of jurisprudence. But that doesn't meaningfully change the fact that it has had a substantial effect on corporate money in politics.
Right, which is a very bad place to be -- it takes the already-low standard for politicking and campaigning and lowers it further. Why make yourself accountable to your constituents when you can keep your base inflamed with an infinite supply of PAC-funded rage clips?
I agree that CU was a culmination of decades of jurisprudence. But that doesn't meaningfully change the fact that it has had a substantial effect on corporate money in politics.