In the past month, eight town meetings in Massachusetts adopted resolutions calling for a Constitutional amendment to overturn the 2010 Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC. The Supreme Court in the Citizens United case equated … [Read more...]
50-Plus Law Professors, former AGs, say Citizens United wrong, May Require Constitutional Amendment
After the Citizens United decision last year, leaders like Representative Cory Atkins, Bill Strauss and Senator Jamie Eldridge worked hard on legislative responses to the damage that Citizens United did to our democracy. But they … [Read more...]
Pres. Obama: Citizens United “strikes at our democracy itself”
President Obama's weekly address today blasted the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in the Citizens United case that struck down the McCain-Feingold restrictions on corporate spending in elections. In overruling the Austin v. Michigan Chamber … [Read more...]