Truthout
Citizens United
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National Donors Pick Winners in State Elections
The top 50 contributors dump $440 million into 2014 races.
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Five Years After the Citizens United Decision: Do the People or the Major Contributors Rule?
Jefferson foresaw that, through manipulative interpretations, five court justices might distort both law and the Constitution.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Since Citizens United, Alarming Trends Have Emerged, and More
The Citizens United ruling gave the rich control of our democracy.
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Why Campaign Finance Reform Is the First Issue That We Must Address
Surely we can agree that our country should no longer be bought and sold by moneyed interests at the expense of everyone else.
SCOTUS Disrupted on 5th Anniversary of Citizens United
“Supreme Court Seven” arrested after standing up to protest infamous money-in-politics ruling.
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The Astronomical Scale of Money in Politics
The Court is looking out for the 1 percent of the 1 percent.
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In New Gilded Age, Citizens’ Ballot Initiative Another Casualty of Citizens United Decision
The citizens' ballot initiative, created in the first Gilded Age to counter plutocratic governance, is overmatched in new Gilded Age.
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Taking Stock of the Money Midterms
The 2014 elections exemplified everything wrong with the nation's campaign finance system.
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The Statue of Free Enterprise
Call This Election What It Was: A Fossil Fuel Coup
The 2014 election was an illegal seizure of power enabled by forces within government itself.