Tag: Citizens United

Democrats Propose Constitutional Amendment to Overturn First Amendment Decision

Democrats in the House of Representatives have introduced a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United v. FEC decision made in 2010. The court ruled 5–4 that the free speech clause of the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting independent expenditures for political campaigns by corporations and overruled an earlier decision…


Citizens United Sues Biden Administration Over ‘Election Takeover’ Records

The non-profit group Citizens United filed lawsuits on Aug. 17 against the U.S. Department of the Interior and Department of State over their failure to provide records related to President Joe Biden’s Promoting Access to Voting executive order, the Federalist has learned. The two agencies were accused of violating the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)….


New Economic Research Study Sees No Tax Policy Impact From 2010 ‘Citizens United’ Decision

A new study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) finds the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision did not, contrary to repeated claims by Democrats and progressive activists, enable corporations to buy favorable tax policies. “Across all outcomes, we find no statistically or economically significant effects of independent political contributions on tax…


Non-Profit Pushing Jan.6 Ballot Disqualifications is Funded, Led by Left-Wing Activists

Donald Trump had just minutes before been sworn in as president in January 2017 when People for Free Speech (PFS), working with RootsAction, another obscure left-wing activist group, launched a website ImpeachDonaldTrumpNow.org. The Trump impeachment website remains live today, but PFS has moved on from years of seeking to drive the embattled chief executive from the…