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‘Crow After Roe’ authors: Citizens United spurred anti-choice legislation
Authors Robin Marty and Jessica Mason Pieklo of the new book Crow After Roe: How ‘Separate But Equal’ Has Become the New Standard in Women’s Health and How We Can Change That explain on Democracy Now on Wednesday how the Citizens United ruling has led to to the unprecedented amount…
Chris Hayes explains why Citizens United is the real scandal behind the IRS scandal
MSNBC host Chris Hayes on Monday night explained how the Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United ruling lead to the current IRS scandal. The IRS on Friday admitted that it had targeted tea party groups applying to be social welfare nonprofits with extra scrutiny. Hayes said the Citizens United ruling obscured…
Maine calls on Congress to overturn Citizens United ruling
Maine on Tuesday joined twelve other states that have called on Congress to overturn the controversial Citizens United ruling, which unleashed an unprecedented level of political spending. “United States Supreme Court rulings, beginning with Buckley v. Valeo and continuing through Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and others, disproportionately elevate…
Sen. Bernie Sanders introduces amendment to ban corporate spending in elections
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) on Tuesday introduced the Democracy is for People Amendment, which seeks to overturn the Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United ruling. “What the Supreme Court did in Citizens United is to tell billionaires like the Koch brothers and Sheldon Adelson, ‘You own…
Rep. Adam Schiff slams ‘staggering naivety’ of Citizens United ruling
Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California called for the Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United ruling to be overturned, saying the decision was “at odds with reality.” The ruling struck down key campaign finance laws, giving rise to so-called Super PACs that can raise and spend unlimited sums of money to…
Liberal Super PAC: Death to Super PACs!
A liberal group hopes to convince voters in California to rebuke the Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United ruling, which paved the way for the outside campaign spending groups known as Super PACs. There is only one problem, the group is itself a Super PAC. CREDO Mobile, a progressive phone company…
Supreme Court case could eliminate the few campaign spending limits Citizens United left behind
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a case that could affect the historic Citizens United verdict. According to the Political Wire blog, the Republican National Committee and one wealthy Alabama donor will argue before the court that, while donors are limited to giving no more than $2,500 directly…
FEC vice chair Don McGahn: Opponents of Citizens United ruling want to ‘silence speech’
Donald McGahn, the Republican vice chair of the Federal Election Commission, defended the Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United decision in video published Thursday by the Cato Institute. The Supreme Court held in 2010 that restrictions on independent political spending by corporations and unions violated the First Amendment. The ruling paved…
Federal appeals court cites Citizens United ruling in granting birth control coverage waiver
In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit cited the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Citizens United case as precedent in granting a business a waiver on the Affordable Care Act’s provision ordering employers to cover birth control costs in their…
Keep Money Out of Politics
Still sitting in Brooklyn as the first traces of the storm start to hit NYC. I’m optimistic that we won’t lose power or internet, but in case it does happen, I want to draw attention to this campaign that Pandagon is partnering with unPAC on, protesting the impact of money on politics…
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