Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

[The_Commonist]

Not surprisingly, I'm starting to see a lot of mis- and dis-information around here regarding this recent Supreme Court decision. For instance, this decision did NOT claim that corporations are legal persons. That all happened a long time ago. It also does NOT mean that corporations can now donate unlimited funds directly to candidates.

Here's the Wikipedia page about this decision, which includes a link to the text of the decision.
It's in all of our interests for each of us to familiarize ourselves with this decision.
And to be sure we don't misinform others.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._Federal_Election_Commission


And just for fun, here's the page for Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad, which was where corporate personhood was established:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_County_v._Southern_Pacific_Railroad