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Citizens United: Affirming Government Can’t Ban Speech
January 1, 2018  •  By IFS Staff  •    •  

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission is a 2010 Supreme Court decision that restored some of the First Amendment rights of corporations and unions that had been restricted under the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002. The case was brought by Citizens United, a nonprofit organization that wished to advertise and distribute a documentary film critical of Hillary Clinton in…

The Constitutional Right That Big Corporations Should Have But Do Not Want
May 1, 2011   •  By Luke Wachob   •  ,

The most controversial Supreme Court decision of the 2009– 2010 Supreme Court Term was, without question, Citizens United v. FEC.1 The decision has captured the public ...

Comments of CCP Vice President of Policy Allison Hayward on Maryland Campaign Finance Reform Proposals
December 6, 2010   •  By Allison Hayward   •  , , ,

The Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) submitted comments to a Maryland panel considering changes to the state's campaign finance law. CCP's policy recommendations include ...

The Citizens United Election? Or Same As It Ever Was?
December 1, 2010   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

In January 2010, the Supreme Court in Citizens United v. FEC overturned long-standing regulations governing the role of unions and corporations in sponsoring pro-candidate advocacy. Many ...

Citizens United and Its Critics
September 1, 2010   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding her confirmation as a Supreme Court Justice, Solicitor General Elena Kagan summed up in a cool and ...

Citizens United, Citizens’ Lives: A comparison of states with and without prohibitions on corporate independent expenditures
July 14, 2010   •  By Sean Parnell   •  ,

Money from Exxon, Goldman Sachs, Pfizer and the rest of the Fortune 500 is already corroding the policy making process in Washington, state capitals and ...

Testimony of CCP Research & Government Relations Director Laura Renz to Michigan House Committee on Ethics and Elections
June 9, 2010   •  By Laura Renz   •  , ,

The breadth of the legislation before the committee today represents a misguided approach to campaign finance law and a direct challenge to the U.S. Supreme ...

The Liberal Mythology of an “Activist” Court: Citizens United and Ledbetter
June 1, 2010   •  By IFS staff   •  , ,

Liberals are currently engaged in a concerted effort to redefine judicial activism. Rather than accepting the true definition of judicial activism—when a judge applies his or her ...

DISCLOSE Act—The Legislative “Fix” to Citizens United
May 1, 2010   •  By IFS staff   •  , ,

On January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court handed down its opinion in Citizens United v. FEC. Since then, congressional critics of the Court's broad holding ...

After Citizens United
April 1, 2010   •  By Luke Wachob   •  ,

Citizens United v. FEC may prove to be the most important campaign 1 finance decision in decades as a critical step in a transformation of ...

Testimony of CCP Research & Government Relations Director Laura Renz to Wisconsin Senate Labor, Elections & Urban Affairs Committee
March 16, 2010   •  By Laura Renz   •  , ,

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Citizens United case, a number of legislators in various states and the federal government ...

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