Citizens United, 10 years on

By PeraclesPlease on Fri, 12/20/2019 - 7:29pm |

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https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/12/citizens-united-devastating-impact-american-politics.html

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How Republicans on FEC blocked Butina & Torshin investigation.
More obstruction, more illegal funneling of money, more giving Putin a backdoor into campaign decisions.
But we're waiting at least for the White House to shift, maybe the Senate if lucky.

BREAKING: @FEC's Republicans block all investigation of & enforcement against Russians Torshin & Butina re the NRA & the 2016 presidential election.

Result: FEC does nothing to find out the truth behind one of the most blockbuster campaign finance allegations in recent memory. pic.twitter.com/KgrJLJTuZY
— Ellen L Weintraub (@EllenLWeintraub) August 16, 2019

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 12/21/2019 - 3:34pm

nuance I didn't know:

13. The Supreme Court didn’t expand Citizens United. In May 2019, the Supreme Court declined to review Massachusetts’ corporate contribution ban, leaving such bans in place for 20 states and in federal elections.

12. But the Supreme Court is still hostile to campaign finance laws generally. In Thompson v. Hebdon, a case about whether Alaska’s contribution limits are too low too, the court’s decision kept contribution limits in place for 2020 — but also likely made it harder for states to defend low limits. (This is follow up on a case called Randall v. Sorrell, in which the court found that Vermont’s limits were unconstitutionally low.)

from

19 Things We Learned About Money in Politics in 2019

The year in campaign finance had highs and lows (mostly lows).

By Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @ BrennanCenter.org, Dec. 18

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/21/2019 - 5:48pm

Citizens United, 10 years on

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