Category: Courts & Cases

Citizens United is identified as one of the most significant decisions of the Roberts court in this Times piece today. Some corporate leaders are dismayed by Citizens United. They sent the letter through Fair Elections Now, a coalition of good-government groups that has long lobbied Congress to pass legislation establishing public campaign financing. A Senate […]

What does “political committee” mean after Citizens United?  With the opinion the Supreme Court invites corporations into the world of express advocacy in support of candidates, independent expenditures.  Grab the statute, 2 USC 431(4): The term “political committee” means— (A) any committee, club, association, or other group of persons which receives contributions aggregating in excess […]

Now that it’s been more than 24 hours since Citizens United, are folks coming in off the ledges?  That might be the impression left by this Politico article tonight. “It’s time for everybody to calm down,” said Ken Gross, a campaign finance expert at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, who, like other lawyers in […]