Legal question about Citizens United, money and speech.

[Nye Bevan]

1. For starters, Citizens United did not address "campaign donations".

It addressed independent expenditures during campaigns. Corporate campaign donations to candidates in Federal elections are still illegal.

And yes, you can sue for libel if you believe you are being libelled. For example, Hillary could have sued Citizens United over their "Hillary: the movie" if she believed it contained malicious falsehoods (this was the movie that the FEC banned and sparked the Citizens United case).

If you or I donate to a candidate, however, and that candidate uses the money to falsely and maliciously smear someone, I doubt that you or I could be sued for libel.