Candidates for sale

I've written (or implied) several times now that one goal of the GOP is to convince the working class and the poor that democracy doesn't work. One step along the way got some attention by NPR this morning. Special interest money is pouring into state supreme court races. As in millions of dollars. It's a whole lot cheaper to buy a supreme court than to buy a state legislature. It isn't just business interests spending the cash, though they have the deepest pockets. Trial lawyers and unions also spend heavily. The effect is that public confidence in the courts is undermined. This has become especially true in Michigan.