Blog entries tagged with "campaign finance"
MONEY TALKS
Money talks, there’s no doubt about it. And, according to the recent Supreme Court decision, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, apparently so do corporations. Citizens United v. FEC, 175 L. Ed. 2d 753 (U.S. 2010). Neither are persons, neither have a body or soul, but both now ...
Continue reading "Money Talks"ME VS. MYSELF
The issue of whether the government should be able to suppress political speech from corporations has been and continues to be highly debated on both sides. After the Supreme Court decision of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission this January, the topic has become an even hotter subject of debate ...
Continue reading "Me vs. Myself"APPRECIATING THE MOMENT FOR WHAT IT IS: STEPPING BACK TO REFLECT ON ‘CITIZENS UNITED’
Say what you want about the highly controversial, 5-4 Supreme Court decision in Citizens United, it is hard to deny that we are living in some pretty exciting times, wouldn’t you say? Again, Citizens United held that since the First Amendment requires that Congress do not create laws that ...
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