Category: Courts & Cases

I’m confident that this is the only Citizens United analysis referring to Isaac Asimov. Science fiction tales of human creations—be they machines or monsters—turning on their creators always describe the moment of epiphany when the creation gains self-awareness, a knowledge of themselves as being separate and apart from—and, upon reflection and consideration, superior to—their human […]

McDermott, Will & Emery’s Bobby Burchfield‘s comments on Citizens United are included in this Hill analysis.

Tyler Cowen mentions Citizens United today. For all the anecdotal evidence, it’s hard to show statistically that money has a large and systematic influence on political outcomes. That is partly because politicians cannot stray too far from public opinion. (In part, it is also because interest groups get their way on many issues by supplying […]