Negative Space: Citizens United
- Hillary Clinton embraces book banning
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During latest debate, Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton embraced book bans, drone targeting of critical works.
- Public Citizen: Democracy is for Individuals, Not People
- Where two people join together, there is a giant corporation that needs to be squashed.
- Shed a tear for Democracy
- Public Citizen is outraged that the Supreme Court sides with free speech. Their version of democracy, with a capital D, is government control over every aspect of a candidate’s campaign (government funding) and the candidate’s supporters (subjecting supporter advertisements to FEC whims).
More Information
- Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (PDF)
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“The Government may not suppress speech altogether.” (Justice Anthony Kennedy)
- Citizens United v. FEC (Amicus Brief)
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“In a sweeping regulation of political speech, the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, known as McCain-Feingold, banned so-called ‘electioneering communications’—corporate or union-funded broadcast ads that mentioned the name of a federal candidate shortly before an election.”
