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In this letter, we seek to set the record straight - without partisan bias - as to why our nation's campaign finance disclosure system needs to be updated following Citizens United and why such efforts are directly in line with Supreme Court precedent ... In addition, we urge you to see the Chamber's contention that the bill favors unions over business corporations as the smoke screen it is, and to reject this argument.
The current policy of the Secretary of State prohibiting corporations from contributing to any political action committee, even if the committee is an independent expenditure committee, violates the judicial extension of Citizens United to independent expenditure political action committees
Reasonable limitations on campaign contributions and ending the unfortunate deluge of monies being poured into so-called independent political broadcasts in candidate elections as a result of Citizens United are two progressive ways that the people can take their government back. It is a substantial step to protect the rights of working families in IndianaMore quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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Letter: Obama right to highlight successes
bin Laden mission ["Obama defends highlighting of bin Laden raid," News, May 1 ].My response is, in this era of the Citizens United decision on political speech, Karl Rove and every billionaire's super PAC flooding the airwaves with negative ads, often based Read more »
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Town by town, Vermont tackles corporate personhood
beyond the town budget -- is making the most concerted effort.The goal is to get rid of the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court 's Citizens United decision, which allowed corporations, unions and wealthy people to raise and spend unlimited campaign funds via political Read more »
Around the web
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Stevens: Exception needed to Citizens United case
Court Justice John Paul Stevens says he expects the court has had second thoughts about parts of its controversial Citizens United ruling that eased restrictions on corporate spending in political... What's next for Mitt Romney? The Republican presidential 56 m ago from San Diego Local News 1 Read more »
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"Is Citizens United already shrinking?"
Citizens United Tonight at "SCOTUSblog," Lyle Denniston has a post that begins, "Retired Justice John Paul Stevens, a dissenter to the Supreme Court's controversial 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission on money in politics, said 5/30/12 from How Appealing Read more »
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Retired Justice Stevens speaks in Arkansas
former U.S. Senator Dale Bumpers, who wants Citizens United overturned. “I have not been able to sleep well since the Citizens United decision was rendered. I simply cannot believe that happened. I promise you everybody in this audience and most of the people 5/30/12 from Fox 16 Read more »
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Stevens: Exception needed to Citizens United case
Court Justice John Paul Stevens says he expects the court has had second thoughts about parts of its controversial Citizens United ruling that eased restrictions on corporate spending in political campaigns. Stevens, who dissented from that 2010 decision, 5/30/12 from Miami Herald Read more »
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Justice Stevens: Obama right to criticize court ruling on campaign spending
— President Obama ruffled some feathers two years ago when he lambasted the Supreme Court for its Citizens United decision during a State of the Union speech. It was unusual for a president to criticize the justices as they sat before him. Now, retired Justice 5/30/12 from Los Angeles Times Read more »
