In Philadelphia, a candidate is the subject of a lawsuit alleging she established two campaign committees, according to this report.
Day: January 26, 2010
Ackerman and Ayres on Citizens United: Target contractors
Two commentators urge Congress to target government contractors’ political spending in this editorial today. Many suppose that the court has made it impossible for Congress to restrict corporate speech. But this is wrong. While Congress can’t issue a broad ban on all companies, it can target the very large class that does business with the […]
The frustration of Justice Stevens
The Times notes Citizens United in this piece about Justive Stevens. Justice Stevens, who served in the Navy during World War II, reached back to those days to show the depth of his outrage at the majority’s conclusion that the government may not make legal distinctions based on whether a corporation or a person was […]