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The Corporate Power Reset that makes Citizens United Irrelevant
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The Corporate Power Reset that makes Citizens United Irrelevant

to strike down a state’s decision to not grant a power to corporations, courts would need to unmake a vast expanse of settled precedent establishing that corporations have only the powers bestowed by state law.

Undoing Citizens United in Montana
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Undoing Citizens United in Montana

Through Montana’s constitutional initiative process, The Montana Plan would limit corporate and dark money spending by granting corporations only those powers the people of Montana have agreed, in existing state law, are necessary or convenient to carry out their lawful business or charitable purposes.

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NBC Montana | Former state leaders work to eliminate dark money from politics
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NBC Montana | Former state leaders work to eliminate dark money from politics

“this is a very, very prominent and very important first step forward.”

MTFP | Former public officeholders propose constitutional initiative to take corporate money out of politics
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MTFP | Former public officeholders propose constitutional initiative to take corporate money out of politics

The Transparent Election Initiative…aims to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling that enabled unlimited corporate campaign contributions.

Brennan Center | Record High Dark Money in 2024
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Brennan Center | Record High Dark Money in 2024

This analysis offers the first comprehensive accounting of dark money in the most recent federal election cycle. It combines publicly available FEC data with data on otherwise undisclosed television spending from the Wesleyan Media Project

CLC | What is Dark Money
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CLC | What is Dark Money

Dark money enters our elections primarily via secret donations routed through 501(c)(4) social welfare groups or 501(c)(6) trade associations, which are named after the sections of the Internal Revenue Code that grant tax exempt status to these organizations

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Transparent Election Initiative

the Transparent Election Initiative will focus on a grassroots effort to eliminate dark money that has flooded our system since the Citizens United decision

CLC | How Does the Citizens United Decision Affect Us in 2025
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CLC | How Does the Citizens United Decision Affect Us in 2025

Citizens United has allowed big money to spend billions of dollars influencing elections and drowning out the voices of everyday Americans