The Detroit Free-Press has this provocative cartoon and blog post today on Citizens United and the foreign national expenditure issue. The ramifications of this ruling are truly frightening. Nothing’s to stop some North Korean corporation from spending huge sums of cash to defeat a congressional candidate who advocates for a stronger US foreign policy stance […]
Category: Courts & Cases
Ackerman and Ayres on Citizens United: Target contractors
Two commentators urge Congress to target government contractors’ political spending in this editorial today. Many suppose that the court has made it impossible for Congress to restrict corporate speech. But this is wrong. While Congress can’t issue a broad ban on all companies, it can target the very large class that does business with the […]
Reaction to Citizens United
Wiley Rein’s Jan Baran discusses Citizens United in this Times piece today. Will corporations and unions be able to give money to candidates or political parties? No. Federal law, which regulates campaigns for president, the Senate and the House, prohibits such contributions. The ban was left untouched by the Supreme Court. Can corporations spend money […]