The Times gives its opinion on Citizens United in this editorial today. The most important business case, however, is one the court heard last month. In Citizens United v. F.E.C., the court could wipe out a longstanding ban on corporate spending on federal elections, which would allow big business to swamp democracy. We hope the […]
Category: Const Law Issues
Citizens United isn’t the only First Amendment case on the Court’s mind
On Tuesday the Supreme Court will hear argument in U.S. v. Stevens, a First Amendment case involving a statute outlawing material depicting animal cruelty. The Court will consider a plea that it create a new exception to the First Amendment’s free speech clause, to allow the government to make it a crime to sell videotapes […]
Roberts, Alito, the future of the Supreme Court and Citizens United
This morning The Post examines where the Supreme Court might be heading in Citizens United. O’Connor supported the kind of campaign finance reform found in the challenged McCain-Feingold act. Alito has been much more skeptical that it can be squared with free-speech rights.