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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…

First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti: Protecting the Right to Hear Others
April 26, 2018   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , , ,

Can the government silence speech about an election simply because the speaker is a corporation? Can it deny voters the opportunity to hear a ...

SpeechNow.org v. Federal Election Commission: Protecting the First Amendment Rights of Americans
March 26, 2018   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , , ,

SpeechNow extended First Amendment rights already protected for individuals to groups of people who pool their resources to speak. The case legalized what is ...

Did Free Speech Destroy American Democracy?
March 19, 2018   •  By Joe Albanese   •  , ,

Would giving up our constitutional rights make our country more democratic? Would regulating speech make government more accountable to the people? Shockingly, some answer ...

Did you enjoy ‘Fire and Fury’? Thank Citizens United for it 
March 9, 2018   •  By David Keating   •  ,

If you like Michael Wolff’s book, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” be thankful for the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. The ...

President Trump And The Issue Of Free Speech 
February 21, 2018   •  By Thomas Wheatley   •  , ,

Donald Trump is hardly the first public official to want to get back at his critics using libel laws. If he sues the publisher ...

Is Patagonia Destroying Democracy?
December 12, 2017   •  By Alex Baiocco   •  , ,

Holiday shoppers visiting the online home of outdoor apparel and equipment retailer Patagonia, Inc. are encountering an overtly political message: “The President Stole Your ...

Brookings Panel Offers an (Incomplete) Historical Background on the Relationship Between Corporations and Democracy
November 17, 2017   •  By Alex Cordell   •  , ,

On Wednesday morning, the Brookings Institution hosted an event to examine the relationship between corporations and democracy throughout American history. However, the role of ...

Citizens United v. FEC: Facts and Falsehoods
November 2, 2017   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , , ,

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission struck down a provision of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of ...

Brookings Institution Panel Says Democracy is in Crisis without (More) Regulation of Political Speech
September 28, 2017   •  By Joe Albanese   •  , , , ,

On Wednesday, the Brookings Institution hosted an event entitled “Democracy at risk: Solving critical problems threatening U.S. elections.” It was billed as a discussion ...

Is Big Ice Cream Trying to Hijack Our Democracy?
September 12, 2017   •  By Joe Albanese   •  , ,

It may shock you to learn that the multimillionaire co-founder of a global ice-cream empire has been meeting with elected officials in the hopes ...

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