Citizens United v. FEC In the case the conservative lobbying group Citizens United wanted to air a film critical of Hillary Clinton and to advertise the film during television broadcasts in apparent violation of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (commonly known as the McCain–Feingold Act or "BCRA"). Section 203 of BCRA defined an "electioneering communication" as a broadcast, cable, or satellite communication that mentioned a candidate within 60 days of a general election or 30 days of a primary, and prohibited such expenditures by corporations and unions. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia held that §203 of BCRA applied and prohibited Citizens United from advertising the film Hillary: The Movie in broadcasts or paying to have it shown on television within 30 days of the 2008 Democratic primaries The Supreme Court reversed this decision, striking down those provisions of BCRA that prohibited corporations (including nonprofit corporations) and unions from making independent expenditures and "electioneering communications". The majority decision overruled Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce (1990) and partially overruled McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (2003). The Court, however, upheld requirements for public disclosure by sponsors of advertisements (BCRA §201 and §311). The case did not involve the federal ban on direct contributions from corporations or unions to candidate campaigns or political parties, which remain illegal in races for federal office."
You haven’t understood a thing I wrote. I’m not attacking Citizens United. Its intentions were to benefit the electorate, to give them freedom of choice in elections by providing them with information. Well, I’m going to do that right here and now.
We ended up with the cartel financing Super-PAC’s that, via the McConnell/Donohue GOPe plan, shoved the cartel’s choice, Romney, down our throats in 2012.
And McConnell/Donohue are at it again. If it wasn’t for the cartel financing Super-PAC’s the campaign’s of Jim Gilmore, George Pataki, Lindsey Graham, Mike Huckabee, Rick Perry, John Kasich, Carly Fiorina, Rick Santorum and Chris Christie wouldn’t exist. They are not supported by the electorate. These candidates are only running to split votes and hand the nomination to Jeb Bush.
You, CW, are trying to throw everyone off. I know exactly who you are working for and you should be ashamed.