Thursday, May 31, 2012

Citizens United

  • Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens took a poke at the controversial Citizens United decision Wednesday night and said his former colleagues have probably already had second thoughts about it.
  • (MSNBC Firstread)
  • Former Rep. Tom Perriello and Amy Rosenbaum in their Opinion article, "Citizens United: Democracy for Sale" (POLITICO, May 30) just do not grasp the meaning of Citizens United v. FEC.
  • (Politico.com)
  • By JEANNIE NUSS Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Former U.S.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • Montana uses an interesting argument to justify defiance of a Supreme Court decision: Because the state is particularly prone to political corruption, it should be trusted to constrict First Amendment protections of political speech.
  • (Herald Tribune)
  • When the Supreme Court struck down the core of our country's campaign finance laws in 2010, in the landmark Citizens United case, most of America didn't take notice.
  • (Politico.com)
  • Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) said Wednesday that the Founding Fathers of the United States would not have supported the U.S. Supreme Court's controversial decision in Citizens United.
  • (Raw Story)
  • Twenty-two states -- led by New York -- and the District of Columbia are pushing for the Supreme Court to reconsider its 2010 Citizens United decision.
  • (Daily Star)
  • Former U.S.
  • (AlterNet)
  • (CNN)-- During his 2010 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama made headlines by directly criticizing the Supreme Court for its decision in Citizens United v. FEC, the political funding case.
  • (CNN)

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