Blog entries tagged with "campaign finance reform"
STARING STARE DECISIS IN THE FACE: AUSTIN AS AN ABERRATION
This blog attempts to explain the context within which Citizens United v. FEC was decided, starting with broad concepts of law and quickly narrowing them to the case at hand.
The text of the First Amendment is straight forward: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or ...
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Millions of dollars are poured into campaigns each election every year. Members of Congress look to wealthy individuals and businesses to fund their campaigns. For years it has been debated whether or not the government should limit contributions to campaigns or campaign spending to prevent corruption of politicians. In 2010 ...
Continue reading "Mixed Views of the Citizens United Decision "CORPORATE SPEECH – BRING IT ON
On January 27, 2010, the cameras caught Justice Samuel Alito’s apparent utterance of the phrase “not true,” in response to allegations that the Court had overturned nearly 100 years of precedent. The public exchange between President Barack Obama and Justice Alito during the President’s State of the Union ...
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