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Exploring the origins of Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling


A look at the impact of Citizens United on its 9th anniversary

Citizens United vs. FEC is 9 years old, and its impact on big money in federal elections is now clearer than ever before.

Citizens United, Independent Spending, and Elections

In Citizens United v. FEC, the US Supreme Court ruled that restrictions on independent political expenditures by corporations and labor unions are ...

Citizens United at Work - Harvard Law Review |

This Note will explore the impact of Citizens United on political activity in the employment context and will argue that Congress should restore statutory ...

Citizens United v. FEC | 558 U.S. 310 (2010)

Citizens United v. Federal Election Comm'n: Limiting independent expenditures on political campaigns by groups such as corporations, labor unions, ...

Legal | Citizens United v. FEC

On January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission overruling an earlier decision.

NONCITIZENS AND CITIZENS UNITED

Federal Elections Committee barred Congress from restricting independent expenditures by corporations and trade unions simply because of their ...

More money, less transparency: A decade under Citizens United

Ten years after the Supreme Court's historic decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, OpenSecrets is taking a look at the ...

Skewed Justice | ACS - American Constitution Society

Skewed Justice. Citizens United, Television Advertising and State Supreme Court Justices' Decisions in Criminal Cases. by Joanna Shepherd and Michael S. Kang.

The Supreme Court and the Pro-Business Paradox

Introduction Corporations have long posed conceptual difficulties in a variety of doctrinal contexts. From the first cases involving ...

[Citizens United] Decision and Future Campaign Finance Laws

Political scholars examined the consequences of the Supreme Court's [Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission] decision on recent ...

13 Years of Impact: The Long Reach of 'Citizens United'

The Decision The U.S. Supreme Court released its landmark opinion in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission on Jan. 21,...

Supreme Court Landmarks

Participate in interactive landmark Supreme Court cases that have shaped history and have an impact on law-abiding citizens today.

[Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission] Oral Argument

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in [Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission]. The case arose from a political documentary ...

Citizens United: The Supreme Court Ruling - Public Citizen

The decision in this historic case – Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission – overturns a century of campaign finance law.

Has the Tide Turned in Favor of Disclosure? Revealing Money in ...

The Supreme Court, as well as lower courts, has generally been supportive of revealing the sources of money in politics with a few narrow exceptions, excusing ( ...

Citizens United vs. FEC and corporate political activism

Federal Election Commission (CU) in January 2010 represents the most dramatic change in corporate campaign financing since the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947. It ...

Issue 3 – Stetson Law Review

This Article focuses on changes in campaign spending after the United States Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission in 2010.

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)

In a landmark 2010 decision, a divided Supreme Court used the First Amendment to invalidate a campaign regulation that banned corporate and ...

Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) - National Archives

In this ruling, the US Supreme Court stated that enslaved people were not citizens of the United States and, therefore, could not expect any protection from ...

The Story of Citizens United v. FEC - YouTube

Season Two launches on March 1st with The Story of Citizens United v. FEC, an exploration of the inordinate power that corporations exercise ...