This is the natural consequence of Citizen United (such a dishonest name). When those with money is allowed to leverage their wealth to disproportionately affect legal proceedings and lawmaking, it is just a step towards dystopia.
It's just a lawsuit against NY that the plaintiffs hope to get in front of Supreme Court and win there.
The article insinuates there's lobbying involved but it's mum on the details i.e. what exactly they are spending money on given that it'll be decided by 9 judges.
Furthermore, I believe Citizen United is specifically about spending money on political candidates and whatever lobbying this is, it's not that.
It’s not like you can pay to skip the process.
Here’s hoping the rich folks figure that out before it’s too late to solve with democracy.
Capitalism is a mode of social relations that monetary policy is downstream from. Remember capitalism was established as dominant by way of revolution. Capitalism and democracy fundamentally contradict one another from the outset, but democracy was capitalism's path to victory. The contradiction still remains.
Realize the most important aspect of capitalism is the ability to accumulate capital, to a fundamentally infinite end because any limits will be overturned by the controllers of the capital.