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The Biggest Threat to Citizens United

Submitted by oskebuckley on Fri, 01/06/2012 - 18:35

David Sirota

Salon.com

January 6, 2012

The Montana AG explains why his state's challenge to the controversial decision could hold up in the Supreme Court.

Anti-environmental group vows to fight for ‘God-given rights’ in wake of Montana ruling

Submitted by oskebuckley on Fri, 01/06/2012 - 16:30

Decision seen as direct challenge to U.S. Supreme Court on corporate spending

By David O. Williams

Colorado Independent

Friday, January 06, 2012

Corporations are people too? Not in Montana! At least for now.

Submitted by oskebuckley on Fri, 01/06/2012 - 13:45

Michael Bobelian

Forbes

January 5, 2012

The fallout from the Supreme Court’s 2010 seminal opinion – Citizens United v. FEC – voiding restrictions on election-related speech by corporations (along with labor unions and non-profits) continues to reverberate as we inch along the presidential campaign.  Many political observers are wondering how corporate money will influence the election?

SCOTUS expected to weigh Montana campaign finance appeal

Submitted by oskebuckley on Fri, 01/06/2012 - 12:03

Politico

Robin Bravender

January 5, 2012

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to wade into the hot-button debate over corporate cash in politics again, just in time for the 2012 election season.

Supreme Court likely to decide on Montana's corporate campaign spending ban

Submitted by oskebuckley on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 17:21

By Charles S. Johnson

Missoulian State Bureau

January 4, 2012

HELENA - Some national legal experts believe the U.S. Supreme Court almost surely will have the final word on the recent Montana Supreme Court decision that reinstated the state's century-old ban on corporate spending for or against state political candidates.

John Bonifaz discusses the recent NYC resolution on the Dylan Ratigan Show

Submitted by oskebuckley on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 12:20

Inspired by the resolution passed in Los Angeles last month, the New York City Council has passed its own, declaring corporations are not people. John Bonifaz of Free Speech For People joins the Dylan Ratigan Show to discuss.

 

Super PAC’s Ability to Ruin Gingrich Shows the Impact of Citizens United Ruling on US Elections

Submitted by oskebuckley on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 11:56

New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Other Early Primary States Prone to Super PAC Activity
 
Big Money Spending in Iowa Caucus Leads to Meteoric Fall of a Candidate

Montana Supreme Court upholds election spending limits

Submitted by oskebuckley on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 19:27

The high court upholds the state's century-old corporate contribution limits, a rebuff of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that allowed businesses to spend as freely as individuals in campaigns.

By Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times
January 4, 2012