Several of you responded to my “Sunday thought” by saying that the first step out of the mess we’re in is to get rid of the Supreme Court’s bonkers Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ...

Six days after the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, President Barack Obama broke from the norms of polite deference and rebuked the justices sitting before ...

In 5-4 rulings in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission, in 2010, and McCutcheon vs. Federal Election Commission, in 2014, Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and his ...

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Democracy Now! reports on the controversial Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on January 21, 2010. The ruling characterizes political spending as free ...