Citizens United
Money is speech
Citizens United is a 2010 U.S.
Supreme Court decision that held corporations and other groups have First Amendment rights to spend unlimited money on political advertising, as long as spending isn't coordinated with campaigns.
The ruling transformed American elections by enabling super PACs and massive independent expenditures: Politics changed after Citizens United.
The name comes from the conservative nonprofit that brought the case.
- political action committeeOrganization funding electoral campaigns
- dark moneyUndisclosed political contributions
- soft moneyUnregulated political donations
- corporationsLegally incorporated business entities
- free speechProtected verbal liberty
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