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6. The negative influence of money in politics, esp since the Citizens United

Thu Jan 9, 2025, 03:29 PM

Jan 9

Supreme Court ruling of 2010 is major and in need of reform somehow.
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Citizen United Explained, Brennan Center for Justice, 2019.

The 2010 Supreme Court decision further tilted political influence toward wealthy donors and corporations.

January 21, 2020 will mark a decade since the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, a controversial decision that reversed century-old campaign finance restrictions and enabled corporations and other outside groups to spend unlimited funds on elections.

While wealthy donors, corporations, and special interest groups have long had an outsized influence in elections, that sway has dramatically expanded since the Citizens United decision, with negative repercussions for American democracy and the fight against political corruption...
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained

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