updated Fri. April 12, 2024
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The Catalyst
April 15, 2018
Particularly since the 2010 Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission drastically loosened restrictions on campaign contributions, millionaires, billionaires, deep-pocketed corporations, and college students armed with gallon-bags of nickels have enjoyed dramaticallyÃâà...
STLtoday.com
April 12, 2018
Advocates say Supreme Court decisions like Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which ruled that corporations and unions spending money to influence elections is protected speech under the First Amendment, created an unequal playing field where big money has more say than individualÃâà...
Honolulu Civil Beat
April 5, 2018
For the first time in my life I am hopeful about government. I am hopeful that the citizens and state legislators can work together to fix our broken democracy and make our government accountable to we the people, as it was initially intended. My name is Kehaulani Fanene and I live in Laie, Hawaii. I am aÃâà...
WXOW.com
April 5, 2018
An advisory referendum passed by a whopping 88% to 12% margin asking for a constitutional amendment to essentially overturn the controversial Citizens United v Federal Election Commission decision in the supreme court. Gary and Pam Knudtson spearheaded the movement in La Crosse. In order toÃâà...
NPR
April 5, 2018
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 2010. In a landmark case that restructured American campaign finance, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that political donations amount to a form of speech protected under the First Amendment, even when the spending is done by corporations and unionsÃâà...
Marshfield News-Herald
April 4, 2018
The referendum is in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. In 2010, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 that corporations and unions can spend unlimited amounts in elections. The referendum states that corporations and other entities areÃâà...
Hudson Star Observer
March 18, 2018
For some odd reason our County Board has now taken displeasure with an 8-year-old Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission concerning campaign contributions. Since when did campaign spending become such a problem here? Their ballot question is should weÃâà...
TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
March 17, 2018
Valeo, 424 U.S. 1 (1976) and Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010). This means that corporations and wealthy donors could expend unlimited amounts of money to affect and influence the deliberations that would take place in such a convention, as well as to influence theÃâà...
St. Louis Public Radio
December 31, 1999
A series of U.S. Supreme Court decisions including Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission struck down long-standing campaign finance laws. The rulings determined that the use of unlimited money to influence the outcome of an election by individuals, corporations, unions and other entities isÃâà...
The Badger Herald
December 31, 1999
... to run amuck, depredating the purity of elections, former President Barack Obama famously grieved his disappointment at his State of the Union Address. At the time, purveyors of the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision deemed that the Supreme Court ruling championed free speech,Ãâà...
