Citizens United. This is the 2010 Supreme Court case that shocked America, influenced an election, and reversed over 100 years of campaign finance laws. In this case, corporations were declared as people and as such declared to have the same rights as people do. It also opened the doors for corporations to pour unprecedented amounts of campaign donations into elections, and what’s more, these donations can be totally secret. Corporations can now literally and legally buy elections and shape the government like never before in our nation’s history. Read more: addictinginfo.org/2013/06/09/founding-fathers/#ixzz2Vm6p3BRX
Posted on: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 02:04:48 +0000
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