Citizens United Gave Corporations

Citizens United Explained | Brennan Center for Justice

The 2010 Supreme Court decision further tilted political influence toward wealthy donors and corporations.

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

Citizens United v. FEC - Wikipedia

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding campaign ...

Citizens United Gave Corporations, But Not Their Boards, the ...

Citizens United recognized a right of corporations to spend corporate funds in candidate elections. But according to the Supreme Court, that right to expend ...

When Did Companies Become People? Excavating The Legal ...

The Supreme Court has been granting more rights to corporations, including some regarded as those solely for individuals.

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)

“No sufficient governmental interest justifies limits on the political speech of nonprofit or for-profit corporations.” Justice Anthony Kennedy (Majority) ...

How Does the Citizens United Decision Still Affect Us in 2024?

In the 2024 election, the Supreme Court's 2010 decision in Citizens United will likely enable record-breaking amounts of campaign spending.

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission - SCOTUSblog

Political spending is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment, and the government may not keep corporations or unions from spending money.

What Is Citizens United? | RepresentUs

“Citizens United” is shorthand for a landmark 2010 Supreme Court case – Citizens United v. FEC – that changed the face of campaign finance and money in ...

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission - Britannica

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on January 21, 2010, ruled that laws preventing ...

Corporate personhood - Wikipedia

Corporate personhood or juridical personality is the legal notion that a juridical person such as a corporation, separately from its associated human ...

Citizens United and the States

The Court ruled that the federal government may not prohibit direct corporate and union spending on advertising for candidates' elections. While the ruling does ...

Citizens United Overreach: New CAP Report Reveals Legal Risk in ...

Citizens United gave corporations—but not for-profit corporate boards—the authority to spend in candidate elections. But those boards immediately started ...

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

Limiting independent expenditures on political campaigns by groups such as corporations, labor unions, or other collective entities violates the First ...

The 'Citizens United' decision and why it matters

It is still illegal for companies and labor unions to give money directly to candidates for federal office. The court said that because these ...

CITIZENS UNITED v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMM'N

Federal law prohibits corporations and unions from using their general treasury funds to make independent expenditures for speech that is an “electioneering ...

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,...

The Citizens United Confirmation | Brennan Center for Justice

The confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan provided a miniature seminar on constitutional law.

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 ...

Corporations are Not People: Frequently Asked Questions About ...

An amendment to the US Constitution to overturn Citizens United offers the chance for long-term solutions to problems inherent in treating corporations like ...