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The Supreme Court is now dominated by a highly politicized conservative majority intent on working its will, even if that means ignoring precedents and the wishes of the elected branches of government.

Obama called the court on this, and Alito shook his head and apparently mouthed “not true.” His was the honest reaction of a judicial activist who believes he has the obligation to impose his version of right reason on the rest of us.

The controversy also exposed the impressive capacity of the conservative judicial revolutionaries to live by double standards without apology.

Despite Samuel Alito’s protestations to the contrary, last week’s Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United vs. FEC has opened the door to even further corporate domination in our politics. Now PR firm, and corporation, Murray Hill has decided to step through that door and challenge Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) in Maryland’s Eighth Congressional district. That’s right, a corporation is running for Congress.

Murray Hill announced yesterday that it would be filing to run in the Republican primary for the opportunity to challenge Van Hollen come November. Yes, “it” will be running — because “it” is a corporation, more specifically, Murray Hill Inc., a progressive PR firm.

“Until now,” it said in a statement, “corporate interests had to rely on campaign contributions and influence peddling to achieve their goals in Washington. But thanks to an enlightened Supreme Court, now we can eliminate the middle-man and run for office ourselves.”

With the campaign slogan, “It’s our democracy. We bought it, we paid for it, and we’re going to keep it,” Murray Hill looks poised to represent its interests, and not Marylanders in the 112th Congress. Check out Murray Hill’s hard hitting campaign ad below.

(h/t DS reader RR)