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  2. Citizens United v. FEC - Wikipedia

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    Gerken H. "The real problem with Citizens United: Campaign finance, dark money, and shadow parties" 97 Marquette Law Review (2014) 903. Hansen, Wendy L., Michael S. Rocca, and Brittany Leigh Ortiz. "The effects of Citizens United on corporate spending in the 2012 presidential election." Journal of Politics 77.2 (2015): 535–545. in JSTOR; Kang, M.

  3. Dark money - Wikipedia

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    The rise of dark money groups was aided by the U.S. Supreme Court decisions in FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. (2008) and Citizens United v. FEC (2010). [4] In Citizens United, the Court ruled (by a 5–4 vote) that corporations and unions could spend unlimited amounts of money to advocate for or against political candidates. [14]

  4. Column: Exploring the origins of Supreme Court's Citizens ...

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    Columnist argues Citizens United was based on a headnote on an 1886 ruling, not the ruling itself. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...

  5. Shadow campaigns in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Shadow campaigns (or dark money) refers to spending meant to influence political outcomes where the source of the money is not publicly disclosed or is difficult to trace. [1] United States campaign finance law has been regulated by the Federal Election Commission since its creation in the wake of the Watergate Scandal in 1975, and in the years ...

  6. Citizens United v. FEC - en.wikipedia.org

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    Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission , 558 U.S. 310 (2010), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding campaign finance laws and free speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution .

  7. DISCLOSE Act - Wikipedia

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    The legislation is also supported by reform-oriented groups, [31] such as Common Cause, Public Citizen, Democracy 21, the League of Women Voters, and the Campaign Legal Center, [31] [32] as well as the Brennan Center for Justice, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Demos, People For the American Way, and the Sunlight ...

  8. Josh Hawley versus Citizens United: Great, but what game is ...

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    Big money — be it from business interests or the billionaire class — has always had a louder voice in our politics. The court’s decision tilted the playing field even more in their favor.

  9. Campaign finance reform in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Second, to overcome the Citizens United v. FEC decision that equated money spent on political speech with the speech itself (thus giving such spending First Amendment protection), CFR28 specifically targets independent political advertising for elimination. It does this by defining advertising as uninvited media that costs more than the limit ...