The movement towards Citizens United began in the 1970’s with the Bellotti ruling
>First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti, 435 U.S. 765 (1978), is a U.S. constitutional law case which defined the free speech right of corporations for the first time. The United States Supreme Court held that corporations have a First Amendment right to make contributions to ballot initiative campaigns
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>As a result of the ruling, states could no longer impose specific regulations on donations from corporations in ballot initiative campaigns. While the Bellotti decision did not directly affect federal law, it has been cited by other Supreme Court cases such as McConnell v. FEC and Citizens United v. FEC.
The judge who issued the ruling, Lewis Powell, is the same guy who issued “The Powell Memo” as the blueprint for right-wing activist judges, think tanks, and school takeovers
Those with the power to make changes are being funded by the problems.
We can. It’s just not a conversation that social media mods will allow. When you start seeing grassroots pamphlets detailing a revolt, we will ride on these fuckers. Trust me, the lithographs are getting hot.
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The movement towards Citizens United began in the 1970’s with the Bellotti ruling
>First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti, 435 U.S. 765 (1978), is a U.S. constitutional law case which defined the free speech right of corporations for the first time. The United States Supreme Court held that corporations have a First Amendment right to make contributions to ballot initiative campaigns
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>As a result of the ruling, states could no longer impose specific regulations on donations from corporations in ballot initiative campaigns. While the Bellotti decision did not directly affect federal law, it has been cited by other Supreme Court cases such as McConnell v. FEC and Citizens United v. FEC.
The judge who issued the ruling, Lewis Powell, is the same guy who issued “The Powell Memo” as the blueprint for right-wing activist judges, think tanks, and school takeovers
https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/democracy/the-lewis-powell-memo-a-corporate-blueprint-to-dominate-democracy/
https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/powellmemo/
Those with the power to make changes are being funded by the problems.
We can. It’s just not a conversation that social media mods will allow. When you start seeing grassroots pamphlets detailing a revolt, we will ride on these fuckers. Trust me, the lithographs are getting hot.
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