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Citizens United and the Crisis of Democracy
In 2010 the US Supreme Court in Citizens United v Federal Election Commission held restrictions on campaign financing by corporations and other entities were unconstitutional under the First Amendment free speech guarantees. It is a decision that Dr Peter Burdon argues has deepened the crisis of democracy in the United States. In 1975 the Trilateral […]
Posted in Government & Citizenship, Research
Tagged campaign financing, Citizen's United v Federal Electoral Commission, constitutional law, corporations, democracy, First Amendment, free speech, plutocracy, presidential election, Public Law and Policy Research Unit (PLPRU), Super-PACs, Supreme Court, United States
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