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Fox News: FEC moves to strip ‘unconstitutional’ election spending rules after 4-year delay

After dragging its feet for four years, the federal agency that regulates campaign spending is finally moving to conform with a landmark Supreme Court decision that dramatically loosened election spending rules. The leaders of the Federal Election Commission announced the agreement on Thursday. It marks the apparent end of a protracted deadlock on the panel […]

Bossie: “The First Amendment Is Preserved Yet Again”

Washington, DC — Citizens United President David N. Bossie released the following statement following the defeat of S.J. Res. 19, a proposed constitutional amendment by Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico that would have overturned the landmark Supreme Court case Citizens United v. FEC. “The First Amendment is preserved yet again, ensuring all Americans are […]

Cagle.com: President Obama On The Wrong Side Of History

President Obama and his administration are fond of bragging that they believe themselves to be on the “right side of history.” Strangely, what Obama seems to think the right side of history is and what actual history proves, are two very different things. Time and again, in his quest to be on the right side […]

Breitbart: Free Speech Is Winning, Thanks To Citizens United

In the nearly five years since Citizens United v. FEC was decided, more Americans than ever are exercising their First Amendment rights and engaging in political speech. The results are in: political speech and spending are up. While spending is up across the board, the real winners have been Republican candidates for office. A new […]

Washington Post: Study: Citizens United elected more Republicans

The 2010 Supreme Court decision that helped usher in a new era of political spending gave Republicans a measurable advantage on Election Day, according to a new study. The advantage isn’t large, but it is statistically significant: The researchers found the ruling, in Citizens United v. FEC, was associated with a six percentage-point increase in […]

Cagle: Common Core On A Downward Spiral

The more people learn about Common Core, the more they learn they don’t like it. Support for Common Core standards is now at an all-time low, according to a new poll highlighted in U.S. News and World Report which stated, “One year ago, two-thirds of those surveyed said they hadn’t heard of the standards. Now, […]

President Obama and the James Foley Murder

The barbaric murder of American journalist James Foley by the radical Islamic caliphate Islamic State this week is a prime example of how President Obama just does not understand the world in which we live. Back in January, President Obama spoke of Islamic State to the New Yorker: The analogy we use around here sometimes, […]