After hearing arguments during its last term in the case of Citizens United v FEC, the Supreme Court took unusual action by inviting re-argument of the case to evaluate long-standing law that prevent corporations from directly spending to influence election outcomes.
[Read more]In her maiden Supreme Court appearance last week, Justice Sonia Sotomayor made a provocative comment that probed the foundations of corporate law.
[Read more]We should be as passionate in defense of popular government as Thomas Jefferson, who wrote in 1816: “I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance the laws of our country.”
[Read more]The Citizens United Supreme Court re-argument makes it plain: Long-standing laws that require corporations to pay for political expenditures through corporate PACs are under attack.
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Corporations wield immense Supreme Court-created power to defeat citizen ballot initiatives and referenda that are disfavored by company executives and increasingly, corporations are running their own initiative campaigns. Here is our comprehensive archive resources on the problem.
[Read more]Corporations wield immense power to defeat citizen ballot initiatives and referenda that are disfavored by company executives and increasingly, corporations are running their own initiative campaigns. They’ve been at it for awhile, so we keep an archive of cases here (you’ll also find a link to current cases and analysis inside)
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