Citizens United Shakes Up Montana's Independent Political System
But Montana's system is being dismantled by the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United ruling, which opened the doors to corporate influence in the political system.www.huffingtonpost.com
Just How Much More Money is Being Spent Because of Citizens United? A Lot.
Given the way the latest poll numbers are trending, it's unclear whether Citizens United has had the field-clearing napalm effect on the presidential election that some had predicted.www.slate.com
Panel: Citizens United a game changer
21, 2010 Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and a series of cases at lower-level courts are a "game changer" for American democracy, said panelists speaking at a Sept.www.fiercegovernment.com
Knox County Board won't tackle Citizens United issue
The Knox County Board will not take up a resolution denouncing the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision that allowed for unlimited political donations.www.galesburg.com
Citizens United to air anti-Obama radio ads during UN General Assembly
Citizens United is planning to have a radio presence during the U.N. General Assembly, with a $40,000 buy in New York and Florida hitting President Obama on Mideast policy.www.politico.com
Ben & Jerry's co-founder starts money-stamping campaign
The goal, he said, is to "demonstrate massive, broad base support" for a constitutional amendment overturning the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision, which allowed unlimited corporate political spending on free speech grounds. Over the ...content.usatoday.com
Lansing City Council unanimously denounces Citizens United, corporate ...
In part, the amendment language reads, "Artificial entities, such as corporations, limited liability companies, and other entities, established by the laws of any State, the United States, or any foreign state shall have no rights under this ...www.mlive.com
Citizens United, Shareholder Protection, and "the Silence of the Funds"
When the Supreme Court in Citizens United allowed corporations to spend money in elections they thought that shareholders would be able to monitor the use of corporate funds "through procedures of corporate democracy.www.policyshop.net
Montana and Citizens United
The majority opinion relied on the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, which held that the government may not block independent spending by corporations and unions in elections.takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com
Are Shareholders Happy With Your Company's Political Spending?
Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court vastly expanded the scope of permissible corporate political spending with Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, evidence is mounting that this new freedom may come with perils for public companies and ...www.law.com
Citizens United Obama film to air
Citizens United has struck a deal with a dozen television stations to run its hour-long film featuring voters disaffected with President Barack Obama, sending the Republican critique of the incumbent into tens of millions of homes in the lead-up to ...www.politico.com
CNN Anchor Tells Citizens United President David Bossie You Can't Judge ...
With Occupy Unmasked being released today in select theaters, the September 21 edition of CNN's Early Start with Zoraida Sambolin invited David Bossie, producer of the film and President of Citizens United to discuss the film. However, things got hazy ...hotair.com
Iran's arsenal poses threat to US military, citizens
United Against Nuclear Iran protesters hold a demonstration outside the Warwick Hotel in New York, where Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is staying.www.freep.com
Citizens United and Forked-Tongued Candidates
Convention week is a good time to reflect on campaign spending and the controversies over the Supreme Court's 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The battle-lines around that controversial decision have been clearly drawn ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Citizens United poll shows Akin leading in Missouri
9/13/12 8:04 AM EDT. A poll commissioned by Citizens United's political arm shows Todd Akin leading Sen. Claire McCaskill in Missouri.www.politico.com
Jimmy Carter: Citizens United Ruling, 'Financial Corruption' Are Threatening ...
He added that he hopes the "Supreme Court will reverse that stupid ruling," referring to the case known as Citizens United. Carter praised Mexico and several countries where Carter Center staff have monitored publicly financed elections, and he said ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Citizens' Bossie: Obama Is a Hypocrite on Super PACs
Citizens United President David Bossie charged in an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV that President Barack Obama's disdain of super PACs is hypocritical because the president accepts money from them and supports unions whose members have no ...www.newsmax.com
A New Strategy to Fight Citizens United
We progressives have been in quite a tizzy about Citizens United, especially now that 2012 election cycle is swamped with Super PAC money.www.huffingtonpost.com
Obama, on Reddit, proposed overturning Citizens United
WASHINGTON -- In the middle of a rambling conversation on the website Reddit on Wednesday afternoon, President Obama proposed the idea of a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court's 2-year-old Citizens United decision. Obama ...www.latimes.com
'Citizens United' and the Corporate Court
In Citizens United (2010), the Court held that private corporations, which are nowhere mentioned in the Constitution and are not political membership organizations, enjoy the same political free speech rights as people under the First Amendment and may ...www.thenation.com
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
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