Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legal case
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:League_of_Women_Voters
gptkb:American_Civil_Liberties_Union
gptkb:Citizens_for_Responsibility_and_Ethics_in_Washington
gptkb:Sunlight_Foundation
gptkb:American_Legislative_Exchange_Council
gptkb:National_Right_to_Life_Committee
gptkb:Brennan_Center_for_Justice
gptkb:Institute_for_Free_Speech
gptkb:Center_for_Responsive_Politics
MoveOn.org
Common Cause
Public Citizen
Campaign Legal Center
Democracy 21
gptkbp:controversy Influence of money in politics
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
January 21, 2010
gptkbp:firstClaim Super PACs
gptkbp:historical_analysis Corporate personhood
Impact on democracy
Effect on electoral outcomes
Legal implications for free speech
Political inequality
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
gptkbp:impact Increased political spending by corporations
gptkbp:involved gptkb:Citizens_United
gptkb:Federal_Election_Commission
gptkbp:judges gptkb:Justice_John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Justice_Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:Justice_Sonia_Sotomayor
Justice Stephen Breyer
gptkbp:legalStatus Campaign finance
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:McCain-Feingold_Act
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act
gptkbp:notableFeature 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
gptkbp:outcome Struck down restrictions on independent expenditures
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Justice_Anthony_Kennedy
gptkbp:precedent gptkb:Citizens_United_decision
gptkbp:publicAccess Debate on campaign finance reform
Protests against corporate spending
gptkbp:relatedPatent gptkb:Wisconsin_Right_to_Life_v._Federal_Election_Commission
gptkb:Center_for_Individual_Freedom_v._Tennant
gptkb:American_Tradition_Partnership_v._Bullock
SpeechNow.org_v._Federal_Election_Commission
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:First_Amendment
Political_Action_Committees