Citizens United

Well, alrighty then…

by Karoli on January 21, 2010 · 1 comment

“…this Court now concludes that independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption. That speakers may have influence over or access to elected officials does not mean that those officials are corrupt. And the appearance of influence or access will not cause the electorate to [...]

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In September I wrote about a scheme hatched by Carl Forti (late of the NRCC and Freedom’s Watch) to circumvent FEC disclosure rules relating to the funding of political message campaigns. Today’s Citizens United ruling by the Supreme Court granting corporate entities the right to ‘free speech’ without limitation but with disclosure of any contribution [...]

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