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Montana governor calls for amendment to overturn Citizens United
After the Supreme Court struck down a century-old Montana law limiting corporate campaign spending, Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D) and Lt. Gov. John Bohlinger (R) called on Congress to overturn the court’s controversial Citizens United decision. “Republicans and Democrats don’t always agree on policy matters, but there is one thing…
Supreme Court expands Citizens United with ruling on Montana challenge
The supreme court has struck down a century-old Montana law limiting corporate campaign spending, dashing hopes of a rethink over a controversial 2010 decision by the justices that allows for vast amounts of private cash being used to influence national elections. Campaigners had hoped the court would look again at…
Rahm Emanuel: Citizens United is one of the worst Supreme Court decisions in history
Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has launched a scathing attack on Citizens United, the ruling that opened the floodgates to unlimited political spending by a handful of billionaire donors, calling it one of the “worst decisions of any supreme court in American history”. The mayor of Chicago has added…
Rep. Keith Ellison urges constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United
In the wake of the Citizens United ruling that allowed for unlimited and undisclosed corporate political spending, many progressives called for a constitutional amendment to overturn it. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) is one of them, and he’s not impressed by arguments that such an effort is too time-consuming or complicated.…
McConnell calls Obama ‘thuggish’ over opposition to Citizens United
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Friday accused President Barack Obama’s administration of using “thuggish” tactics to promote campaign finance reform. During a speech to the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference, McConnell said that liberals were using “bullying” and “intimidation” to thwart the free speech rights of conservatives. “The…
WATCH LIVE: Netroots Nation panel on Citizens United
The effects of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission are already clear in the 2012 election. Election spending has already far outpaced that of previous years. It dragged out the Republican primary so long many wondered if it ultimately hurt Republican nominee Mitt Romney.…
Former Justice Stevens: Supreme Court will ‘crack’ Citizens United
Former United States Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, 92, said during a Wednesday night speech that he’s convinced his former associates on the nation’s highest court will soon find it necessary to issue an opinion “that will create a crack in the foundation of the Citizens United majority opinion.”…
Kucinich: Citizens United ruling would have staggered our Founding Fathers
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. “Money is destroying our politics and our political system,” he said in a video uploaded to YouTube. “Our electoral system has become such…
Sen. Cardin: We must stop ‘Citizens United’
Appearing on Current TV’s Full Court Press on Tuesday morning, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) warned that unless Americans can undo the Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizens United case, the most narrow special interests will end up running the country. “The super PACs, to me, are stealth funds that com…
States back Montana in Citizens United campaign finance fight
Nearly half of US states have thrown their weight behind a legal defence of local laws restricting corporate money in politics by asking the supreme court to revisit its widely-criticised ban on similar national legislation. The states filed a brief with the supreme court on Monday in support of a…
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