The Citizens United Supreme Court decision in 2010 is rightly remembered as a devastating blow to American democracy, ...

The Citizens United ruling was later compounded by Republican efforts to block transparency rules, Federal Election Commission rulings and further court decisions like McCutcheon v.

In Citizens United and the subsequent rulings, conservative and liberal justices alike acknowledged that Congress can restrict political contributions, even if they’re considered free speech, to ...

Citizens United Ruling Overview. In a narrow 5-4 decision issued on January 21, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down restrictions on independent political expenditures by corporations and ...

The Citizens United decision is also credited with helping make possible Ted Cruz’s come-from-behind upset victory over Republican establishment candidate David Dewhurst in the 2012 Senate ...

A decade after the Supreme Court’s landmark Citizens United decision, which ushered in the era of super PACs and unlimited donations, the fight over the contentious ruling shows no signs of easing.

How to make the ‘Citizens United’ decision worse. January 19, 2012. Kent Greenfield teaches constitutional and corporate law at Boston College Law School.

In January, the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling lifted restrictions on how much money corporations, unions and individuals could spend on political ads. On today's Fresh Air, host Terry ...

Citizens United is not. In fact, it was correctly decided, however deplorable the consequences. Liberals ought to show the chief justice that we, too, can acknowledge a principle even when we don ...

Reading Time: 3 minutes The AFL-CIO, cheered last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission — a landmark decision seemingly allowing unlimited campaign ...

Two Supreme Court justices suggested Friday that the court reconsider its controversial 2010 decision that allowed unlimited corporate and union spending in elections.

Republican candidates have enjoyed a small but statistically significant advantage in winning state legislative races since the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision, according a new study.