Supreme Court Agrees to Reconsider Citizens United

[Swede Atlanta]

50. I would be very cautious of reading too much into this......

First of all, the Court rarely re-considers a major decision it made as recently as 2010 under the concept of stare decisis. There are two underlying reasons for this reasoning; one is that the current Court would appear to have made an incorrect judgment by overturning itself without the benefit of time and circumstance justifying a reconsideration and the court is concerned about predictability. If the Court changes its mind on significant issues at every turn it is difficult for citizens, businesses, etc. to plan and order their affairs. Now, those are the theories, not necessarily the real reasons.

Further I think the John Roberts and the rest of the Reich Wing of the Court are chomping at the bit to slam back at Obama for his State of the Union comment about the Citizen's United decision. They are probably furious with him as well over his recent comments about their consideration of the Affordable Health Care Act.

This might actually open the door for them to broaden their original decision even more. Be afraid, be very afraid.

In normal times one might think this is an opportunity for the Court to overturn or, at a minimum, narrow their Citizen's United holding, but these are not normal times.