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Opinion: Campaign Finance Bill -- A Striking Display of Partisanship

(April 29) -- Congressional Democrats unveiled their response to the Supreme Court's Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision Thursday, after spending months crafting the bill behind closed doors and failing to garner more than two House Republican co-sponsors. The Disclose Act, drafted by Rep. Chris Van...

Chief Justice Is Latest Critic of Obama's SCOTUS Scold

WASHINGTON (March 10) -- Add Chief Justice John G. Roberts to a growing list of critics of President Barack Obama's decision to call out the Supreme Court during his State of the Union address in January. Roberts said in an appearance at the University of Alabama law school that he found it "very troubling" that Obama...

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Campaign Finance Ruling Inappropriately Attempts to Overrule Supreme Court Decision

A federal district court judge in Alexandria, Virginia issued an opinion yesterday ruling that the ban on corporate contributions to federal candidates enacted in 1907 is unconstitutional.

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04/29/12 Occupy Redlands Resolution Finally on Agenda Source: Loma Linda Patch - Loma Linda CA After five months of near-non stop pushing, Occupy Redlands is celebrating the announcement that their resolution denouncing Citizens United v.
03/20/12 Kudos to California for Moving Ahead a Resolution... Source: eNews Park Forest - Park Forest IL WASHINGTON--(ENEWSPF)--March 20 - Note: Public Citizen's Democracy Is For People campaign worked with Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski to develop a resolution calling for a constitutional amendment to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v.
02/09/12 Occupy Pushes for Council to Denounce Court Decision Source: Loma Linda Patch - Loma Linda CA The Redlands City Council got a visit Feb. 7 from members of Occupy Redlands who have been pushing for them to adopt a resolution to "reclaim democracy and oppose and abolish corporate constitutional rights."
01/20/12 Two years later, Citizens United case causes a stir Source: Columbia Missourian - Columbia MO Eleven protesters showed up to the federal court house in Jefferson City on Friday in 28-degree weather.
02/09/11 Groups should disclose who pays for all political ads Source: Charleston City Paper - Charleston SC During this year's midterm elections, many knew that the Republican Party would gain seats in Congress as well as in statewide races across the country.

Background on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, , is a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that the First Amendment prohibited the government from restricting independent political expenditures by corporations and unions.

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