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The Supreme Court Has Agreed To Reconsider Citizens United
The Supreme Court has agreed to take a case that justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer say will give it a chance to rethink its infamous Citizens United v. FEC decision. The court is being...
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CHARTS: Here's Why Super PACs Are TERRIBLE
A new study by the Wesleyan Media Project has determined that campaign ads are overwhelmingly more negative today than they were in 2008. According to the report, 70 percent of campaign ads from this...
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This Chart Proves SuperPACs Actually Aren't A Huge Game-Changer After All
Since the decision came down two and a half years ago, the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling has been seen in some political circles (okay, mostly the left) as the most destructive act ever...
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The Supreme Court Just Struck Down State Limits On Corporate Campaign Donations
The Supreme Court on Monday struck down Montana's limits for corporations' spending on political campaigns. In a 5-4 decision on Monday, the court's conservative justices ruled that the Supreme...
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It Would Probably Take A Constitutional Amendment To Undo Citizens United
It will take a constitutional amendment to reverse the flood of independent money inundating American elections in the aftermath of the US Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United decision, a...
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No, Seriously, The Amount Of Money Going Into This Election Is Insane
Do you remember that moment in the first Austin Powers movie when Dr. Evil, back in action after being cryogenically frozen for 30 years, gets his hands on a nuclear warhead? “If you want it back,” he...
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The Age Of Big Money In Politics Is Over
Another big story tonight: Billions spent on this election, virtually no change.Karl Rove's famous Super-Pac American Crossroads spent over $100 million to defeat Obama and elect conservatives, and it...
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Montana Voters Overwhelmingly Said That Corporations Aren't People
A whopping 75 percent of Montana's voters approved an initiative Tuesday stating corporations are not people.Montana voters specifically said "corporations are not entitled to constitutional rights...
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Samuel Alito Quoted Nicole Richie While Speaking To A Crowd Of Conservatives
Justice Samuel Alito says some people have a double standard when it comes to corporations' free speech rights, the Blog of the Legal Times reported Friday.Alito made that observation while defending...
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A Former New York Times Lawyer Just Ripped Into The Paper's Editorial Board
First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams laid into The New York Times yesterday for attacking the Supreme Court's controversial Citizens United decision.Abrams wrote a letter to the editor responding to a...
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The 'Non-Profit' Group That Threw Millions At The California Election Has...
In late October and early November, a dramatic legal battle played out in California between the state’s campaign finance watchdog and a little-known Arizona non-profit named Americans for Responsible...
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Don't Believe For An Instant That Billionaire Political Investors Have Given Up
I keep hearing that the billionaires and big corporations that poured all that money into the 2012 election learned their lesson. They lost their shirts and won’t do it again.Don’t believe that for an...
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The Courts Are Going To Decide Whether Corporations Have A Right To...
The U.S. Supreme Court refused last week to block the part of Obamacare that requires employers to provide insurance coverage for birth control.Hobby Lobby Inc., an arts and crafts chain, objected that...
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The Supreme Court Won't Let Corporations Line Politicians' Pockets
The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear a case that could give rich people more influence over politics.But the justices signaled Monday morning that they want to keep some limits on how much...
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Several Internet Pioneers Are Forming A SuperPAC To End Big Money's Role In...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A group of influential Internet moguls aim to fix what they refer to as the "big money problem" in Washington politics by, well, raising cash.Forming a Super Political Action...
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The indictment of Senator Menendez challenges everything about 'Citizens United'
In the Supreme Court's landmark 2010 case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission , the court declared that corporate independent political expenditures are protected free speech under the First...
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IRS grants nonprofit status to Karl Rove's 'dark money' group — now no one...
Donors to the nonprofit group Crossroads GPS, founded by Republican strategist Karl Rove, no longer have to worry about their identities being disclosed. After a five-year wait, the IRS has approved...
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These are the Supreme Court cases Republicans are terrified Merrick Garland...
Congressional Republicans’ reluctance to even consider, much less vote on, President Obama’s nominee to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia is infuriating to...
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A judge is making Citizens United disclose donor information
NEW YORK (AP) — A nonprofit conservative organization advocating for less government must reveal information about major donors to the state's attorney general if it wants to solicit money in the...
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Donald Trump just hired the man behind Citizens United to serve as deputy...
With a little over two months left before the general election, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to add to his campaign staff. On Thursday Trump announced that former Citizens...
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