Catherine Cloutier: April 2011 Archives
Landmark Decision: Citizens United and Washington
| Apr 28, 2011
Slightly more than a year after going into effect, the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision is having a profound effect on national and local politics.
Citizens United — as it is commonly called — reversed the ban on corporate spending on political broadcasts and introduced the rather controversial notion that corporations should be treated the same as ordinary citizens under the First Amendment.
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