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Works Cited
Batley, Melanie. "Poll: Near Majority Say Citizens United Hurting 2016 Campaign." Newsmax. 22 July 2015. Web. 15 Oct. 2015.
Bentley, Nick. "What Is Citizens United? | An Introduction." Reclaim Democracy. N.p., 17 Dec. 2012. Web. 25 Oct. 2015.
"Chapter 5 State and Local Government." Slideshare. LinkedIn, 28 May 2014. Web. 25 Oct. 2015.
"How Corporate Money Will Reshape Politics." Room for Debate. New York Times, 21 Jan. 2010. Web. 25 Oct. 2015.
Cox, John. "How Citizens United Changed Politics, in 7 Charts." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2014. Web. 14 Oct. 2015.
Levy, Gabrielle. "How Citizens United Has Changed Poitics in 5 Years." US News & World Report. 25 Jan. 2015. Web. 20 Oct. 2015.
Warren, Chris. "How Super PACs Work." HowStuffWorks. N.p., 18 Sept. 2011. Web. 25 Oct. 2015.
"Who Is Helped, or Hurt, by the Citizens United Decision?" The Washington Post. Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2010. Web. 25 Oct. 2015.
Court Ruling
5-4 vote in favor of Citizens United:
Political Action Committee (PAC)
Super PACS:
Court Opinion
Court Dissent
Pros vs. Cons
Effect on 2012 Election
Effects on 2016 Election
Neutral
Opposed to the Ruling
In Support of the Ruling
“There may be very little difference between seeing eight ads or seeing nine ads (compared to seeing one ad or two). And, voters recognize that richer candidates are not necessarily the better candidates, and in some cases, the benefits of running more ads is offset by the negative signal that spending a lot of money creates.”
-Christopher Cotton, University of Miami School of Business professor of economics
“The bottom line is, the Supreme Court has just predetermined the winners of next November’s election. It won’t be the Republican or the Democrats and it won’t be the American people; it will be Corporate America.”
–Senator Charles Schumer, member of the Democratic Party
“What businesses, large and small, should do is spend time and money educating their employees, vendors and customers about candidates and officeholders whose philosophies and voting records would destroy or permanently damage America's free enterprise system.”
-Cleta Mitchell, campaign finance attorney for advocacy groups
Trade your money in for AD space
Citizens United, a non-profit corporation, wanted to create a documentary about Hilary Clinton before the 2008 election
Super PAC
PAC
Goal was to run 3 advertisements promoting the film within 30 days of the primary election
Corporation
This was blocked by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA)