Law › U.S. Case Law › U.S. Supreme Court › Opinions by Volume › Volume 558 › Citizens United v. FEC Citizens United v. FEC, 558 U.S. 310 (2010) Overview Opinions Materials Docket No. 08-205 Granted: November 14, 2008 Argued: March 24, 2009 Reargued: September...
In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), a sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court held that corporate political spending is protected speech under the First Amendment. The controversial decision has dramatically limited the government’s power to enact campaign finance ...
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FEC_, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit cited the Citizens United decision when it struck down limits on the amount of money that individuals could give to organizations that expressly supported political candidates. Contributions to political action committees (PACs) had previously...
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2010年“联合公民诉联邦选举委员会”(Citizens United v. FEC)一案中,美国最高法院推翻了此前对企业和工会选举开支的上限限制,使大型石油公司、金融集团、高科技公司等拥有超级经济权力的利益集团可以无限制地捐助其所支持的候选人。 马丁·沃尔夫曾一针见血地指出,这是美国向财阀统治道路迈进的一大步。 该案的...
David N. Bossie, the president of Citizens United, and Theodore B. Olson, who served as the group’s lead counsel against the FEC, described the ruling as striking a blow for freedom of political speech. “In Citizens United, the court reminded us that when our government seeks ‘to comma...
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made via individualincome taxreturns. The Federal Election Commission (FEC) was established by anamendmentto FECA adopted in 1974. The FEC oversees campaign financing for seats in theHouse of Representativesand theU.S. Senateand for the offices ofpresidentandvice president of the United States. ...
Anticipating that theFederal Election Commission(FEC) would impose penalties, Citizens United sought aninjunctioninU.S. District Courtin Washington, D.C., alleging that Section 203 was unconstitutional as applied toHillarybecause the film did not fit the law’s definition of an electioneering communicat...