At the founding of this great country, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay wrote the Federalist Papers in secret because they felt reprisals could harm them, their families, and their businesses. If those patriots had instead been silent over two hundred years ago, then our Republic might not be standing right now. In Citizens […]
When President Obama and his then Solicitor General Elena Kagan failed miserably in Citizens United v. FEC, it was Kagan who tried to stem the damage already done by the Governments’ argument that they could ban books and thus political speech. Solicitor General Kagan was the face of Obama’s ultimate failure in Citizens United. That […]
Washington, DC — Citizens United President David N. Bossie issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court summarily reverses the Montana Supreme Court’s decision in American Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Bullock. “Another win for the First Amendment,” said David N. Bossie, President of Citizens United.
The Supreme Court on Monday struck down Montana’s attempt to limit campaign contributions, citing the Citizens United ruling that opened the floodgates for unlimited corporate campaign spending. The 5-4 ruling was made on partisan lines, with the conservative majority voting to summarily dismiss the Montana case without oral arguments. At issue was whether Montana elections […]
In my inaugural column in April for the re-vamped Breitbart.com, “The Left’s War on the First Amendment,” I concluded by saying: “I am sure in the coming weeks and months you will hear a lot of falsehoods about the Citizens United decision. The Left’s war will only intensify if President Obama loses in the fall […]
CU President David Bossie answers the Debate Club question: Campaign Finance Disclosure Is a Burden That Restricts Independent Speech Proponents of disclosure argue that it is necessary to provide important information to voters. In reality, the information provided does little if anything to enlighten a voter. The current disclosure regime requires federal political committees to […]
To quote President Reagan, “There they go again.” The crazed leftists in Congress have brought forth 12 resolutions and counting calling to amend the Constitution in order to limit free speech and counter the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. The Federal Election Commission. Congressman Adam Schiff’s latest amendment, like the others, will go […]
For years Congress put into place overly burdensome or outright unconstitutional campaign finance regulations that favored the powerful incumbents who wrote them. These very politicians are the same ones who presided over spending our country into near bankruptcy. Citizens United v. FEC changed the way people think about free speech and participation in our political […]
Former Rep. Tom Perriello and Amy Rosenbaum in their Opinion article, “Citizens United: Democracy for Sale” (POLITICO, May 30) just do not grasp the meaning of Citizens United v. FEC. The left, starting with President Barack Obama, has cried crocodile tears over the last two plus years because more political speech is being spoken and […]
When Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission was first argued before the Supreme Court, on March 24, 2009, it seemed like a case of modest importance. The issue before the Justices was a narrow one. The McCain-Feingold campaign-finance law prohibited corporations from running television commercials for or against Presidential candidates for thirty days before primaries. […]
Citizens United, the conservative advocacy group that won the 2010 ruling freeing corporations and labor unions to spend freely to influence elections for President and Congress, has urged the Supreme Court to protect that decision by overturning — without briefing or hearing — a Montana Supreme Court decision that went the opposite way. Accusing the […]
PI SCOOPLET … CITIZENS UNITED ASKS SUPREME COURT TO PRESERVE CITIZENS UNITED DECISION: Citizens United, the conservative political organization that prompted the Supreme Court’s campaign finance landscape-altering Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision, is asking the high court to further defend its decision. Read more at Politico here.