For the third time Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen reintroduced the DISCLOSE Act. With our debt approaching $16.5 trillion and unemployment stagnant at 7.8 percent doesn’t the Congressman have more important things to do then reintroduce a defeated piece of legislation? The DISCLOSE Act is an incumbent protection plan. This misguided bill failed in 2010 […]
First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams represented the New York Times, ahem, Corporation, in the Pentagon Papers case and went on to represent Mitch McConnell on the side of Citizens United in that case. When the NYT editorial board bastardized the legal reasoning in the former iconic free speech case to justify bashing the latter, Abrams […]
Justice Samuel Alito defended the 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission on Thursday night, jabbing at critics of the U.S. Supreme Court’s majority opinion but also admitting the success of their public relations campaign. Read more at Law.com here.
In Citizens United v. FEC, the Supreme Court recognized that “the right of citizens to inquire, to hear, to speak, and to use information to reach consensus is a precondition to enlightened self-government and a necessary means to protect it.” Our important win empowered ALL Americans by giving them additional information going into the elections. […]
It is happening again. Powerful incumbent politicians fear electoral defeat and they are blaming free speech for it. New York Senator Chuck Schumer is quoted in a recent New York Times article saying, “Reform of the ‘super PAC’ problem is a major issue for Democrats in the next Congress.” Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said if […]
David Bossie, president and CEO of Citizens United, delivered an address on the importance of free speech in politics at the Yale Political Union Tuesday evening, evoking distinctly different reactions from the parties on the left and the right. In his talk on the topic “Citizens United is Good for Democracy,” Bossie discussed his belief […]
Citizens United, the group which won the Supreme Court case, opposes the Colorado initiative. A statement provided by the group to CBS News reads: “What the Colorado referendum does is chill free speech and gives incumbent politicians an inherent advantage.” Read the full article Don’t Miss Out Subscribe to our free email newsletter and get […]
Jones Day partner Michael Carvin, a conservative constitutional lawyer, blasted opponents of the controversial Citizens United ruling at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday. “I know this has provoked a lot of rhetorical excess and severe criticism, which I must say I find quite puzzling because all Citizens United did was reaffirm what I […]
TAMPA, Fla. — After President Barack Obama suggested Wednesday that he wants a new constitutional amendment to overturn the landmark “Citizens United” Supreme Court ruling, Citizens United president David Bossie told The Daily Caller he has a message for the president: “Bring it on.” “President Obama has never paid much attention to, nor cared much […]
As I have stated in this space many times, the Citizens United decision restored free speech to Americans wanting to participate in the political process. Read more at Politico here.
In a rare television appearance, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia defended the Court’s controversial decision in Citizens United, calling political donations a form of speech. Justices don’t traditionally comment on cases that are pending or the Court just ruled on, leaving the high court’s decisions on the Obama administration health care law and Arizona’s immigration […]
On the day we received word that consumer spending fell for the third straight month, Harry Reid’s obsession with the DISCLOSE Act was on full display in the United States Senate. Like in 2010, the DISCLOSE Act failed in the U.S. Senate today because it is a fatally flawed bill that chills free speech. Last […]