Sen. McCain appeared on Face the Nation and said for now, reform is dead. The video is here (the Citizens United discussion starts about half way through).
Day: January 24, 2010
“Chicken Little, Inc.” and reaction to Citizens United
In this post, the Wyoming Legal Foundation’s Ben Barr (also affiliated with the Center for Competitive Politics) describes a “professional campaign of fear and loathing” in response to Citizens United. Mr. Barr’s brief (on behalf of the Wyoming Legal Foundation and the Goldwater Institute) was cited in Citizens United in support of the Court’s conclusion […]
Sen. Schumer gets “barely true” rating for statement on campaign finance
Politifact.com takes apart Senator Schumer’s argument last Thursday: “”With a stroke of a pen, the (U.S. Supreme Court) decided to overrule the 100-year-old ban on corporate expenditures.” We asked Schumer’s staff about the 100-year-old comment, and they pointed us toward a 1907 law called the Tillman Act. They cited the dissenting opinion issued this week, […]