August 30, 2016 Comments Off on Citizens United loses bid to conceal donor information
A nonprofit conservative organization advocating for less government must reveal information about major donors to the state’s attorney general if it wants to solicit money in the state, a judge ruled Monday as he rejected First Amendment claims. U.S. District ...
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Read More »September 8, 2015 Comments Off on Citizens United struggle personal for Clinton
WASHINGTON — Nobody knows Citizens United quite like Hillary Rodham Clinton. The name of the conservative advocacy group, which five years ago won a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case governing campaign finance, has become the preferred shorthand for talking about ...
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Read More »September 17, 2012 Comments Off on Judiciary committee revisits speech, voting rights
U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding voting and free speech rights are under consideration again by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, whose chairman believes both rights are threatened. The two topics have been discussed by the committee previously this year, ...
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Read More »July 30, 2012 Comments Off on Leaders seek amendment to overturn Court ruling on ‘Citizens United’
Congressional leaders who perceive the Citizens United decision to be a threat to democracy are considering a constitutional amendment to overturn the ruling. The matter was discussed for more than two hours Tuesday in a hearing on “Taking Back Our Democracy: ...
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Read More »January 19, 2012 Comments Off on Move to Amend to hold event at Federal Building
To say that the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5:4 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission (2010) is controversial is an understatement. The decision, in which the court found that corporations and unions have the same political speech rights as ...
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Read More »June 16, 2011 Comments Off on Feds appeal judge’s ruling on campaign finance law
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Federal prosecutors are appealing a Virginia judge's ruling that the law banning corporate contributions to federal candidates is unconstitutional. Prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia on Thursday filed an appeal in the case ...
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Read More »June 25, 2010 Comments Off on Slaughter: Bill would upend ‘Citizens United’
U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., of Fairport, is backing legislation aimed at increasing transparency when it comes to corporate funding for political campaigns.
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