Citizens United, Appellant v. Federal Election Commission

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Citizens_United,_Appellant_v._Federal_Election_Commission

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Citizens_United_v._FEC
gptkbp:arguedDate	March 24, 2009
gptkbp:citation	legal scholars media organizations 558 U.S. 310 politicians and advocacy groups subsequent Supreme Court cases subsequent campaign finance litigation
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy	gptkb:John_Roberts gptkb:Antonin_Scalia gptkb:Clarence_Thomas gptkb:Samuel_Alito
gptkbp:constitution	gptkb:First_Amendment
gptkbp:date	January 21, 2010
gptkbp:dateReargued	September 9, 2009
gptkbp:decision	landmark decision
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy	gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg gptkb:Sonia_Sotomayor gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens gptkb:Stephen_Breyer
gptkbp:docketNumber	08-205
gptkbp:effect	invalidated federal restrictions on independent expenditures by corporations and unions allowed creation of Super PACs
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Citizens United, Appellant v. Federal Election Commission
gptkbp:impact	led to increased political spending by corporations and unions
gptkbp:judge	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:legalHolding	Corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in candidate elections cannot be limited under the First Amendment.
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy gptkb:John_Roberts gptkb:Antonin_Scalia gptkb:Clarence_Thomas gptkb:Samuel_Alito
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	extensive
gptkbp:opinionText	available from Supreme Court website
gptkbp:oralArgumentAudio	available from Oyez
gptkbp:overruledBy	gptkb:Austin_v._Michigan_Chamber_of_Commerce gptkb:McConnell_v._Federal_Election_Commission_(in_part)
gptkbp:petitioner	gptkb:Citizens_United
gptkbp:predecessor	campaign finance law
gptkbp:publicReaction	controversial
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:SpeechNow.org_v._FEC gptkb:Buckley_v._Valeo
gptkbp:response	gptkb:Federal_Election_Commission
gptkbp:subject	free speech campaign finance corporate political spending
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Citizens_United_v._Federal_Election_Commission
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6