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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…

New CED Study Dispels Myth of a ‘Wild West’ in Campaign Finance
July 26, 2017   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , , ,

Since Citizens United, the landscape of campaign finance law has often been described as a “wild west” where politicians, donors, and interest groups can ...

New York Times Rewrites History To Cast GOP Climate Stance As New
June 14, 2017   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , ,

Name a problem in politics, and somebody will blame Citizens United for it. Corruption, gridlock, negative campaigning—but also gun violence, taxes, and bad health-care ...

Saying American businesses spend ‘dark money’ harms our democracy
June 12, 2017   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  , ,

Imagine you own a business. You make widgets. You have 50 employees, and you are looking to expand. But a local politician, Mayor Grouch, ...

Recent Political Documentaries Have a Knee-Jerk Skepticism of Free Speech
June 2, 2017   •  By Joe Albanese   •  , , ,

I recently watched the new Netflix documentary Get Me Roger Stone, about the eponymous Republican political insider. The film traces Stone’s career from its ...

An Amendment to Restrict Political Speech Rights
April 24, 2017   •  By Alex Baiocco   •  ,

At a recent town hall meeting in his district, Representative Ted Deutch (D-FL) renewed his perennial call to amend the Constitution to give incumbent ...

Trust No One – Except Politicians?
April 24, 2017   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , ,

Here’s a strange bit of advice I bet you haven’t heard before: trust politicians, but be wary of everyone else. It’s strange advice because ...

Five Lessons about Spending in the 2016 Campaign You Might Have Missed
April 19, 2017   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  , , , ,

The Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) recently released their final tally of spending in the 2016 election cycle. Here are 5 takeaways: Despite hyperbolic ...

Hasen on Gorsuch on Citizens United
March 22, 2017   •  By Brad Smith   •  , ,

Rick Hasen thinks that Judge Gorsuch “misstates” the holding of Citizens United v. FEC in his Senate testimony, when he states: I think there is ample ...

Trump’s America should force the left to embrace corporate speech
March 20, 2017   •  By Alex Baiocco   •  , , ,

This piece originally appeared in The Hill on March 19, 2017.   With confirmation hearings for President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch fast ...

Tester’s assault on corporate rights is an assault on people’s rights
March 7, 2017   •  By Brad Smith   •  , ,

The year is 2019. The government sends in a SWAT team to seize any corporate property it wants without the due process or just ...

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