Citizens United

Bain Capital Not the Most Important Issue: Citizens United and Voter Suppression Should Be a Greater Concern

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Voter ID Laws, Citizens United, Voter Suppression, Bain Capital, Politics News
Clarence B. Jones

While the media and blogosphere have been pre-occupied with the issue of Romney's time at Bain Capital, there is a more ominous challenge to President Obama's re-election.

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Paul Blumenthal

Citizens United Decision Leaves Industries Free To Battle In California Primary

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Super Pac, National Association of Realtors, Redistricting, Video, Corporations, Pete Aguilar, Credit Union, Realtors, Elections 2012, California 31, Gary Miller, Citizens United, Campaign Finance, Credit Unions, 2012 Congressional Races, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The race for a newly drawn congressional district in California's Inland Empire is shaping up as a clash of titans. It's not the candida...

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Rescuing 'We, the People'

Rep. Jim McGovern | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Corporate Personhood, George Will, George Will Citizens United, People's Right Amendment, Citizens United Ruling, Citizens United, Infanticide, Citizens United Amendment, Politics News
Rep. Jim McGovern

Defenders of Citizens United and the corporate rights doctrine that underlies it must be getting nervous. Why else would George Will resort to arguing that the amendment I have introduced is "comparable" to condoning infanticide?

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Protecting Democracy in the Wake of Citizens United

Eric T. Schneiderman | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Campaign Finance Reform, Corporations, Eric Schneiderman, Coporate-Money-Elections, Elections 2012, Democracy, Citizens United, New York Attorney General, American-Tradition-Partnership, Campaign Finance, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Politics News
Eric T. Schneiderman

Nothing less than the integrity of our democracy is at stake. That's why New York is leading a bipartisan coalition of twenty-two states and the District of Columbia in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold state restrictions on corporate campaign spending in the wake of Citizens United.

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Paul Blumenthal

Super PAC Contributions Slump As GOP Primary Fight Ends

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.23.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Contributions to super PACs fell in April from the month before as the Republican presidential primary race ended. The unlimited money p...

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Mike Sacks

Citizens United Part II: Montana Attorney General Takes A Stand

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Montana, Montana Supreme Court, Corruption, Video, Corporations, Disclosure, Steve Bullock, Citizens United, Mccain-Feingold, American-Tradition-Partnership, Campaign Finance, Montana-Corrupt-Practices-Act, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock says that he has been so personally involved in the Citizens United sequel soon to be considered ...

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Undoing the Damage of Citizens United

Adam Skaggs | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Montana, Montana Supreme Court, Supreme Court, Washington DC, Citizens United, Campaign Finance Reform, Campaign Finance, Citizens United Montana, Montana Citizens United, Politics News
Adam Skaggs

The Court now has an opportunity to undo some of the damage. It is considering a request to take up a case out of Montana that could clarify how much leeway the government has to regulate corrupting political money.

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Matt Sledge

Montana Attorney General Race Rocked By Out-Of-State Corporate Donations In Wake Of Citizens United

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Altria, Montana Attorney General Race, Tim Fox, Video, Montana Corrupt Practices Act, PhRMA Lobby, Corporate Personhood, Citizens United, Slidepollajax, Jim Shockley, Politics News

The Copper Kings once lorded over Montana, picking the state's governors and senators. The grip of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company was so tight tha...

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What Do Corporations Want?

William Astore | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Supreme Court, Campaign 2012, James Caan, Corporations, Mitt Romney, John Houseman, Rollerball, Citizens United, Culture News
William Astore

Americans admire plucky individuals, those who cry "Give me liberty or give me death." But how much liberty do we truly have when we cede so much power to corporations?

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Huge Number Of Shareholders Demand Companies Open Up About Political Spending

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 05.22.2012

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As the election season heats up, shareholders at major corporations are demanding their companies open up about how much they're spending on political...

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An Investor Perspective: WellPoint's Political Disclosure Controversy

Jack Ucciferri | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Super Pac, Shareholders, Citizens United, Corporate Political Spending, Wellpoint, Target, Business News
Jack Ucciferri

By the nature of WellPoint's core business, it is connected to some of the most intimate moments in its clients' lives. WellPoint is in a risky business and by not being fully transparent about how they participate in politics, they amplify their risks even more.

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22 States & Washington, D.C. Join Montana Against Citizens United

AP | MATT GOURAS | Posted 05.21.2012

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HELENA, Mont. -- Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens Uni...

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States Wage War Against Citizens United

AP | MATT GOURAS | Posted 05.21.2012

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HELENA, Mont. — Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizen...

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Today, the Billionaires Are King

Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm | Posted 05.19.2012

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Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm

We have ventured so far from the vision of the founding fathers that if they were still alive, I'm certain those founders would start another revolution. I blame Citizens United.

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Mike Sacks

Citizens United II: Sens. McCain And Whitehouse Slam Supreme Court Decision, Super PACs

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 05.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- In an all-out broadside against the current state of campaign finance, Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) submi...

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Americans Elect's Failure Is Our Victory

Murray Hill Inc. | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Political Parties, Murray Hill for Congress, 2008 Presidential Race, Americans Elect, Citizens United, John Roberts, U.S. Supreme Court, Campaign Finance, Satire, Political Satire, Politics News
Murray Hill Inc.

Isn't it clear by now that flesh and blood humans have made a complete mess of things? We trust corporations with what we eat, watch, drive, and do online -- so why not complete the circle and give corporations our vote?

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Dear Pasty Republican Billionaires: Haven't You Got Anything Better to Do?

Graham Milne | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Politics News, Sheldon Adelson, Tea Party, Karl Rove, Koch Brothers, Super PACs, President Barack Obama, Joe Ricketts, Foster Friess, Republicans, Election 2012, Citizens United, Obamacare, Politics News
Graham Milne

These real-life Charles Foster Kanes have conquered the business world, crushed enemies in their wake and accumulated wealth to rival that of the pharaohs. But love remains elusive for them, no matter how many zeroes in their Cayman Islands offshore holding account.

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Jason Linkins

Mike Huckabee And Citizens United Were Totally Just Kidding About That 'Political Whores' Mailer

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Eat the Press, Fundraising-Letter, Video, Mike Huckabee, 2012 Election, Backsies, Elections 2012, Citizens United, Mike-Huckabee-Mailings, 2012, Politics News

Earlier this week, BuzzFeed's Zeke Miller obtained a hard copy of a letter from the conservative nonprofit group Citizens United, signed by sometime p...

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Lines Blur Between Campaigns & Independent Groups

AP | BETH FOUHY and KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.15.2012

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NEW YORK -- Looks like President Barack Obama's allies got the hint. An independent group with deep ties to the president's re-election campaign laun...

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Identity Theft in the Matrix

Harvey Rosenfield | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Celebrity Endorsement, Citizens United, Money Politics, Athlete Endorsement, Coporate Money Elections, Citizen United, Politics News
Harvey Rosenfield

Sure, we still have the right to vote. But the choices we are offered are usually determined by a political establishment mostly dominated by corporate money and a vast apparatus of election consultants, public relations hacks and lobbyists.

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Jason Linkins

Late Returns: Will Big Money Buy A Cornhusker Primary?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.15.2012

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You probably haven't been paying much attention to the Nebraska GOP Senate primary (there is one, and it's tonight), because feh, Nebraska. But over a...

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Dan Froomkin

Disclosure For Kochs, Rove Comes Closer

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Van Hollen v. Fec, Karl Rove, 2012 Elections, Chris Van Hollen, Elections 2012, Citizens United, Campaign Finance, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Transparency, Video, Koch Brothers, 2012 Election, Federal Election Commission, American Future Fund, Chamber of Commerce, Campaign Finance Disclosure, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- One of the most consequential campaign finance loopholes affecting the 2012 race -- the one allowing big-money donors to secretly funnel...

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The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

Floyd Elliot | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Super Pac, Politics, Democracy, Citizens United, Humor, Satire, Comedy, Voting, Comedy News
Floyd Elliot

Once vote-selling has become an established part of the electoral process, we will eliminate paper contracts and sell our votes online, allowing us to immediately trade in the proceeds for merchandise from Amazon or SkyMall.

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'Tis the Season of the Shareholders

Nell Minow | Posted 05.14.2012

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Nell Minow

There are moral hazards and agency costs in the allocation of corporate funds. Experience has shown that executives will support policies that diminish shareholder returns. The term "capitalism" refers, after all, to the providers of capital.

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How Roberts Orchestrated Citizens United

The New Yorker | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Scalia, David Souter, Citizens United, John Roberts, Citizens United Decision, Campaign Finance, Politics News

When Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission was first argued before the Supreme Court, on March 24, 2009, it seemed like a case of modest impo...

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