AP’s Sharon Theimer reports on Citizens United here. Possibly coming soon to your TV screen: election-season Super Bowl-style ads promoting congressional and presidential candidates, paid for by some of the nation’s largest corporations. It may happen. For decades, business and union money has been largely shut out of state, congressional and presidential campaigns. The Supreme […]
Day: January 10, 2010
Fearing Citizens United
The Brennan Center’s Monica Youn analyzes the issues at stake in Citizens United in this LA Times column. With Citizens United due to be decided as campaigns for this year’s elections get off the ground, political players are keenly aware that the court could open the floodgates to corporate cash. “We the People” can only […]
Utah looking at ethics, campaign finance reforms
The Deseret News has an overview of the ethics and campaign finance reforms that could be coming to Utah. All would be groundbreaking changes, if they happen. Currently, there are no limits to state and legislative campaigns. There’s no independent ethics commission and only legislators, not residents, can bring an ethics complaint. The only “ban” […]