Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

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United States Supreme Court case campaign finance case landmark case

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission is a landmark 2010 U.S. Supreme Court case that dramatically expanded the political spending rights of corporations and unions by treating such expenditures as protected speech.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission canonical	9
Citizens United	1
Citizens United v. FEC	1
Citizens United v. FEC decision	1
FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc.	1
majority opinion in Citizens United v. FEC	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ campaign finance case ⓘ landmark case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	campaign finance law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ election law ⓘ
arguedDate	2009-03-24 ⓘ
chiefJusticeAtDecision	John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ surface form: John G. Roberts
citation	558 U.S. 310 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decidedIn	October Term 2009 ⓘ
decisionDate	2010-01-21 ⓘ
defendant	Federal Election Commission ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy	John Paul Stevens ⓘ
docketNumber	No. 08-205 ⓘ
effect	allowed corporations to spend unlimited funds on independent political communications ⓘ allowed labor unions to spend unlimited funds on independent political communications ⓘ led to growth of Super PACs ⓘ
fullName	Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission self-link ⓘ
holding	Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act limits on corporate independent expenditures are unconstitutional ⓘ Government may not suppress political speech on the basis of the speaker’s corporate identity ⓘ Restrictions on independent political expenditures by corporations and unions violate the First Amendment ⓘ
joinedDissent	Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ surface form: Stephen Breyer
joinedMajority	Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ surface form: Anthony Kennedy Antonin Scalia ⓘ Clarence Thomas ⓘ John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ surface form: John G. Roberts Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ surface form: Samuel Alito
legalIssue	First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: First Amendment free speech campaign finance regulation ⓘ independent political expenditures ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ surface form: Anthony Kennedy
overruledPrecedent	Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce ⓘ part of McConnell v. Federal Election Commission ⓘ
plaintiff	Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Citizens United
rearguedDate	2009-09-09 ⓘ
relatedStatute	Federal Election Campaign Act ⓘ surface form: Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act Federal Election Campaign Act ⓘ
separateOpinionBy	Antonin Scalia ⓘ Clarence Thomas ⓘ John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ surface form: John G. Roberts
shortName	Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Citizens United v. FEC
topic	corporate political spending ⓘ electioneering communications ⓘ union political spending ⓘ
yearDecided	2010 ⓘ

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First Amendment to the United States Constitution → hasLandmarkCase → Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ⓘ

Clarence Thomas → notableCaseInvolvement → Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ⓘ

Anthony M. Kennedy → notableCaseOpinion → Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ⓘ

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission → fullName → Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission self-link ⓘ

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission → shortName → Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Citizens United v. FEC

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission → plaintiff → Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Citizens United

Republic, Lost → critiques → Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: Citizens United v. FEC decision

Federal Election Campaign Act → subjectOf → Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ⓘ

McLeod → notableWork → Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ⓘ

subject surface form: Anthony McLeod Kennedy

this entity surface form: majority opinion in Citizens United v. FEC

Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce → overruledBy → Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ⓘ

United States Supreme Court cases → hasPart → Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ⓘ

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act → challengedInCase → Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc.

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act → partiallyInvalidatedBy → Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ⓘ