Amicus briefs in the Citizens United case are collected here. Politico notes that the Democratic National Committee’s brief argues that the Supreme Court “shouldn’t upend the campaign finance landscape because it could stifle the type of small donations that helped power Barack Obama to victory…”
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Citizens United Amici Breakdown
The amicus briefs in Citizens United are almost all in. So far, nine are in support of appellant (Citizens United) and eight are in support of appellee (the Federal Election Commission). Four are in support of neither party.
Marcus on Citizens United
The Post’s Ruth Marcus discusses Citizens United here. The smart, not to mention judicially restrained, approach would be for the court to take one of several available escape hatches, much as it did in avoiding a final verdict on the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act. It could say that because Citizens United took such […]