The movement for Constitutional reform that would end what organizers call “corporate rule” has arrived in the chambers of the 116th Congress.
Citizens United articles on Democracy Chronicles
The Supreme Court transformed the campaign finance landscape through Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission opening the floodgates of big money. Efforts to repeal the ruling are underway. Also see our sections on American democracy and Money Politics as well as our articles on the Supreme Court too.
Holding US Companies Accountable for Their Secret Political Spending
The CPD Act of 2019 would build on growing stockholder trends that demand that corporations become more transparent about their political spending.
Citizens United: A Battle of Money vs Democracy
It is time to demand change and this begins with staging mass protests against the Citizens United decision and the system of election campaign financing in America. Our freedoms and our rights hang in the balance.
Massachusetts Could Lead Way to Overturning Citizens United
Massachusetts could give an important boost to a movement seeking to amend the U.S. Constitution to restore some limits on corporations’ political spending.
How Big Money Is Preventing Healthy Politics And How To Fix It
One major issue inhibiting healthy politics in America is big money. Corporations use money to influence lawmakers to enact laws in their favour. Getting money out of politics is the way out.
The Hidden Money Funding The Midterms
Super PACs have spent at least $21.6 million in 78 congressional races before disclosing who donated that money — $15.7 million of it during primaries.
Another Trump Supreme Court Nominee and Danger Ahead
This unmerciful biased court is going to undo not just the Great Society of President Johnson but probably the New Deal itself. Social Security is at risk. Medicare is at risk. Medicaid is at risk.
VIDEO: Rick Hasen on the Complicated Legacy of Justice Scalia
Antonin Scalia left behind a complex legacy as a conservative legal thinker and disruptive public intellectual
Citizens United Dealt Major Setback In New York Courtroom
Citizens United handed a defeat in New York where they tried to prevent charities from having to disclose donors
It’s getting harder to prosecute politicians for corruption
On the Supreme Court’s increasingly narrow definition of corruption, including the crimes of bribery and extortion