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from the Campaign Legal Center - Link
…On Jan. 21, 2010, the Court struck down existing limits on corporate independent expenditures — how much money a corporation can directly spend in support of a political campaign — which has since enabled corporations and other outside groups to engage in unlimited amounts of campaign spending.
The Court concluded that unlimited corporate campaign spending would not lead to corruption because it assumed this spending would be fully transparent and “independent” from how campaigns choose to spend their money.
Neither assumption, however, has held up: Citizens United has allowed big money to spend billions of dollars influencing elections and drowning out the voices of everyday Americans…
