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Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

The United States District Court denied the injunction. Section 203 on its face was not unconstitutional because the Supreme Court in McConnell v. FEC had ...

UVA Lawyer | Citizens United

Since the earliest days of the Republic, money has given voice to politics, but it wasn't until the Buckley decision in 1976 that the Supreme Court ...

Citizens United v. Wisconsin Democracy Campaign

On March 10, 2010, a lawyer representing the conservative non-profit organization Citizens United sent a demand letter to Mike McCabe, ...

Supreme Court Confronts Results of Citizens United Decision

The faulty assumptions in that landmark 2010 ruling are on display in a Wisconsin case that state prosecutors asked the high court to review last month.

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

Why does the Supreme Court hold that corporations deserve First Amendment protection? How does this ruling compare with the goals of direct democracy and ...

Citizens United: Democracy Realized--Or Defeated?

In the landmark campaign finance decision, Citizens Unit- ed v. Federal Election Commission, the United States Supreme. Court held that political spending ...

Law Forward | Protecting Our Freedoms - Law Forward

Law Forward helps protect the rights of voters, ensures democratic laws are enforced, and holds fraudulent electors accountable.

Citizens United ruling fuels billion-dollar campaigns, raising ethical ...

With political campaign spending continuing to rise in the United States, we take a look at the 2010 Citizens United decision that continues ...

Protesting the Supreme Court in Madison, Wisconsin and beyond

At noon on Tuesday, Feb. 15 (tomorrow!), the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign is organizing the “March to Overrule the Court.” The protest begins with a rally at ...

Thank Citizens United for Scott Walker - Barbra Streisand

By Amy Goodman, Guardian UK. The failed effort to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is widely seen as a crisis for the labor movement, ...

Anti‐Democratic Influence: The Effect of Citizens United on State ...

The results suggest that unlimited political spending may pose a threat to the health of democracy in the United States.

Citizens United, Wisconsin style - People's World

What is the Roggensack Rule? We've all heard of Citizens United, that infamous Supreme Court ruling in 2010 which allowed corporations to be-how ...

The Ongoing Consequences of Citizens United v. FEC and ...

By: Michael Regnier. Decided in 2010, Citizens United v. FEC struck down a portion of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act championed by John ...

West Allis, Wisconsin Joins Call for Overturn of Citizens United

Republican Party primary voters in West Allis approved by 70% a resolution calling for an amendment to the US Constitution that would overturn ...

Michael McConnell: Citizens United and the Wisconsin Vote - WSJ

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett got millions in support from unions, whose contributions were legitimized by the Supreme Court.

Independent Spending in State Supreme Court Elections After ...

The United States Supreme Court ruled that bans on independent expenditures by labor unions and corporations violated the First Amendment's guarantee of free ...

Post-Citizens United, the SEC Should Protect Shareholders' Right to ...

The Supreme Court opened the floodgates to corporate political spending with the 2010 decision Citizens United v. FEC.

The Worst Ruling Since Citizens United - Yahoo

Whatever one thinks about Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and his policies, the decision last week by federal judge Rudolph T. Randa to ...

From Wisconsin to Washington, Americans Are Demanding an ...

Referendum votes are sweeping Wisconsin, while Democracy Spring protesters are demanding an end to elections dominated by corporations and big money.

ReFormer Tom Petri on Citizens United, dialing for dollars and ...

Tom Petri, a former Republican Congressman from Wisconsin, recently took listener calls on Wisconsin Public Radio. He is a member of Issue ...