10 years after landmark Citizens United Supreme Court decision, record cash flooding US elections

, the political entities which can raise and spend unlimited sums to influence elections, so long as they don’t explicitly coordinate with a candidate.

Corporations, unions and many of the nation’s wealthiest donors -- reluctant to draw negative attention for direct contributions to candidates or campaigns -- have poured funds into Super PACs, which are less well known and harder for the public to track. “Justice Kennedy was generally skeptical of government regulation of constitutional rights--including the freedom of speech. I think his Citizens United opinion reflected his preference for liberty, rather than control,” said Josh Blackman, a constitutional law professor at South Texas College of Law. “Moreover, I think both Republicans and Democrats alike have benefited from Citizens United. This decision is our new normal.

“The thought that the Constitution requires this toxic state of affairs is astonishing,” wrote four prominent constitutional and campaign finance scholars in a 2017 University of Chicago Law School working paper. Thirty-nine states restrict the amount individual donors can contribute to state campaigns, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. But those laws have had mixed success.

Along with Citizens' United we see 2000+ billionaires' wealth explode while the middle class is gasping to hold on to dignity. Thanks to some Supreme Court fools

With social media anyone can run for office from the comfort of their own livingroom w/their phone! Why do they need so much money?

How can we expect politicians who routinely receive campaign money, lucrative job offers & lavish gifts from special interests to make impartial decisions affecting those same special interests? As long as this is legal, we won't have a govt that truly represents us.

Time for the American People to stand up and a roar so loud that it will be heard from Washington to Moscow. 🤨❤️🇺🇸⚖️👊🏻

Bought and sold by Republicans

Such a HUGE mistake!

Worst SCOTUS ruling since Dred Scott. Not to diminish how awful the Dred Scott ruling was.

Along with that goes the principles of our politicians.

I will translate german, english, french, spanish and italian

WTF is with that flag?!?

FUBAR

so what? its private money given, given. and people still have a choice.

Isn’t that how we make a difference nowadays? Voting and donating to the campaign we support. Without money, no outsider will ever have a chance..,

There are so many other places that huge waste of money could be used to actually help people not elect assholes!

And that’s not how it should work

Everything that is going on today is a direct result of this awful, awful decision.

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