What Is Citizens United?
Citizens United Explained | Brennan Center for Justice
The 2010 Supreme Court decision further tilted political influence toward wealthy donors and corporations.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Citizens United (organization) - Wikipedia
Citizens United is a conservative 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization in the United States founded in 1988. In 2010, the organization won a U.S. Supreme Court ...
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 ...
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,...
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 ...
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission | Oyez
A case in which the Court held that corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in elections cannot be limited under the First Amendment.
The Answer to Citizens United Is Becoming Reality
New York State's pathbreaking new Public Campaign Finance Program is now in effect for the 2024 election cycle. It's the strongest response enacted anywhere in ...
Citizens United is an organization dedicated to restoring our government to citizens' control. Through a combination of education, advocacy, and grass roots ...
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) ...
Citizens United - Common Cause
Unfortunately, over the last few decades the U.S. Supreme Court has made several bad decisions when it comes to money in politics. Most notably, ...
The Citizens United Confirmation | Brennan Center for Justice
The confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan provided a miniature seminar on constitutional law.
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 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 ...