In response to Citizens United, Congress should adopt an “anonymous campaign finance system,” according to this editorial. We need a federally chartered clearinghouse for campaign donations that matches donors to designated, registered candidates and political action committees. Under such a system, politicians would not know who supports their careers, er, causes.
Category: Const Law Issues
Citizens United and profound changes for nonprofits
Eliza Newlin Carney discusses Citizens United and nonprofits here. The ruling ended a decades-old ban on direct corporate and (by extension) union spending on elections. It also threw out a requirement in the 2002 McCain-Feingold law that groups use only hard (regulated) money to pay for ads that picture or name a candidate in the […]
What organized labor won in Citizens United
The Hill reports on what unions won in Citizens United. Steven Law, chief legal officer and general counsel for the Chamber, said the biggest beneficiary of the Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission decision would be the labor movement.