And private funding (and specifically, undisclosed funding) of any candidate should be extremely illegal. But the Supreme Court (and the ACLU, incredibly) is behind Citizens United, so that’s not changing for the foreseeable future.
The ACLU is behind it because there are unintended consequences to getting rid of it.
For example, Florida could pass a law that bans pro-choice advertising from women’s rights groups while still allowing ads from anti-abortion groups.
The only reason they can’t do that today is that pro-choice organizations have First Amendment rights.
There is a misconception that without CU corporations wouldn’t influence elections. But actually without it, politicians could choose which corporations are, or are not, allowed to influence elections.
And private funding (and specifically, undisclosed funding) of any candidate should be extremely illegal. But the Supreme Court (and the ACLU, incredibly) is behind Citizens United, so that’s not changing for the foreseeable future.
The ACLU is behind it because there are unintended consequences to getting rid of it.
For example, Florida could pass a law that bans pro-choice advertising from women’s rights groups while still allowing ads from anti-abortion groups.
The only reason they can’t do that today is that pro-choice organizations have First Amendment rights.
There is a misconception that without CU corporations wouldn’t influence elections. But actually without it, politicians could choose which corporations are, or are not, allowed to influence elections.