In a 5-4 decision which was announced on January 21, the Court ruled that the federal government may not ban independent political spending by corporations in candidate elections, although it remains illegal for corporations to contribute directly to federal campaigns from their corporate treasuries. Obama and Citizens United: Did he have the facts straight?
Supreme Court for its decision in Citizens United v. In speaking about the influence that special interests exercise in the political process, President Obama took the unusual (and, yes, dramatic) step of chastising the U.S. President Obama mostly adhered to this predictable formula in his January 27 State of the Union address, save for one moment. Replete with detailed descriptions of policy accomplishments, challenges, and goals, State of the Union addresses are rarely the stuff of high drama.
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