FEC lets foreigners finance US ballot referendum fights

[basquebromance]

China and Russia will have a field day

FEC allows foreign money in U.S. referendum campaigns

Foreign donors can now allowing them to support ballot committees.

www.axios.com

 

[Moonglow]

Yes, the conservatives wanted it that way.

 

[Moonglow]

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States concerning the relationship between campaign finance and free speech. It was argued in 2009 and decided in 2010. The court held that the free speech clause of the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting independent expenditures for political campaigns by corporations, including nonprofit corporations, labor unions, and other associations.

The case began after Citizens United, a conservative non-profit organization, sought to air and advertise a film critical of then Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton shortly before the 2008 Democratic primary elections. Advertising the film would have been a violation of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, which prohibited any corporation, non-profit organization or labor union from making an "electioneering communication" within 30 days of a primary or 60 days of an election, or making any expenditure advocating the election or defeat of a candidate at any time. Citizens United challenged the constitutionality of this law, and its case reached the Supreme Court.

Citizens United v. FEC - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[basquebromance]

i know

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

This country is fucking, over.