So, which Harvard Law product is a more careful student of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission? President Obama: With all due deference to separation of powers, last week the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests –- including foreign corporations –- to spend without […]
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Head of Fair Political Practices Commission says Citizens United “idiotic”
The LA Times reports: The most polite thing one can say about this thesis is that it’s frightfully naive. But let Ross Johnson, the chairman of the state Fair Political Practices Commission, and a conservative former Republican legislative leader from Orange County, expound: “It’s an idiotic decision that defies logic to presume that a corporation […]
Citizens United reactions pouring in
The Post prints a few letters to the editor about Citizens United. George Will’s reaction to the case is here. The case came up in the oral argument in Speechnow before the D.C. Circuit yesterday. Here’s The Post’s report. “What can you add to what Justice Kennedy said?” [Chief Judge David] Sentelle said, referring to […]