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"An investigation into how the Clinton's have amassed millions in personal wealth through foreign contributions to the Clinton Foundation, a supposed charity, in exchange for political favors while Hillary Clinton was the US Secretary of State." -IMDB
$1.2 million
-Future "tampering" from FEC
-Citizens United v. FEC in DC's US District Court
-Case was filed before the release of the film
Section 203
Section 201
and 311
Unconstitutional
Violated Freedom of Speech
-Freedom of Speech
-Campaign Financing
-Corporations as Individuals
1.
First Amendment
2.
Political Speech
3.
BCRA
-Austin vs Michigan and part of McConnell v FEC decisions (political speech could be forbidden according to the identity of the corporation) were over-ruled
-No limitation on funding by independent expenditures under 1st amendment
Vote of 5-4 in favor of Citizens United
Majority held that the BCRA could not limit free speech but could require disclosure.`
It's complicated.
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Citizens United essentially allowing corporations to fund campaigns, negating laws set forth by BCRA.
Many citizens felt that big corporations gained a campaigning advantage and most ordinary citizens lost their voice behind powerful corporations.
Legislatively, almost half the states would have to revise their campaign finance laws as well as 16 states going as far as to propose state constitutional amendments to reverse the decision, many of which are non-binding. Additionally, many notable politicians, such as Barack Obama and John McCain opposed the ruling saying it put the power in the hands of corporations.
Why do you think the Supreme Court’s decision fell mostly among party lines (with those voting in favor of Citizens United being predominantly conservative, while those dissenting from the court’s opinion being predominantly liberal)?
Why do you think that the requirement to disclose the source of federal campaign funds (311) was the most highly debated topic in this court case, as opposed to some of the other issues Citizens United brought against the FEC?