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Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
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Election Laws
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02/01/2009 |
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This case concerns the constitutionality of provisions of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA) that require corporations to fund electioneering communications through segregated funds donated by individuals rather than through their corporate treasury funds. After an initial round of briefing and argument, the Supreme Court in June 2009 ordered additional briefing and argument on whether it should overrule two previous decisions upholding the constitutionality of such laws. Public Citizen is cocounsel for Sens. John McCain and Russ Feingold, and former Reps. Christopher Shays and Martin Meehan, who were the principal co-sponsors of BCRA, and has joined in submitting two amicus briefs to the Supreme Court in the case.
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