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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…

How to Use Campaign Finance Data to Mislead the Public
April 9, 2016   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  , ,

Corporations are “distorting our democracy” – at least according to activists Bruce F. Freed and Marian Currinder, writing in U.S. News and World Report. ...

Seven Myths about Disclosure Masquerading as “Realities”
March 9, 2016   •  By Eric Wang   •  , , , ,

This Issue Brief by Institute for Free Speech Senior Fellow Eric Wang[1] analyzes seven alleged “myths” about campaign finance disclosure as discussed by the ...

Citizens Misguided: Media Myths about Citizens United Persist in 2016
January 21, 2016   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , , ,

The Daily Beast recently marked the six year anniversary of Citizens United by carrying on one of the decision’s most prominent legacies: spurring members ...

The People’s Pledge Gimmick: Bad for Voters
August 4, 2015   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , ,

In the 2010 cases Citizens United v. FEC and SpeechNow.org v. FEC, courts recognized that the First Amendment protects Americans’ right to pool their resources ...

The Campaign Finance ‘Zombies’ Have Spoken. Their Answer? Reform. Again.
July 28, 2015   •  By Brian Walsh   •  , ,

Crazy. Ravenous. Damnable. Taken together, this assortment of words would be best used to describe the undead or what are better known as ‘zombies.’ ...

New York Times Predicts Quick End to Supreme Court (and Once Again Misstates Campaign Finance Law)
June 29, 2015   •  By Brad Smith   •  , ,

The New York Times, in the style that pretty much typifies all of the Times’ editorials on campaign finance, today (mis)informs us that the ...

Constitutional and Practical Issues with Minnesota Senate File 92
February 17, 2015   •  By Matt Nese   •  , , , ,

Depending on one’s reading of this hopelessly vague bill, it goes as far as to outright ban corporate funding of independent expenditures – in ...

Constitutional and Practical Issues with Minnesota House File 375
February 17, 2015   •  By Matt Nese   •  , , , ,

Depending on one’s reading of this hopelessly vague bill, it goes as far as to outright ban corporate funding of independent expenditures – in ...

Reddit Calls Out CRP Bias

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February 2, 2015   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

Once again, members of the popular online community Reddit are calling out the “reform” community on their anti-Citizens United hysteria and hypocrisy in focusing almost ...

2015 Proxy Season: The Relentless Targeting of Political Speech Continues

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January 29, 2015   •  By Joe Trotter   •  , , ,

The 2015 proxy season is underway and all indications suggest that it will be another record-breaking year for the number of proposals targeting companies ...

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