Citizens United: 5 years later
Via Trib Talk
Democracy works best when our representatives are focused on their constituents — not dialing for dollars from out-of-district mega-donors or courting favor from Super PACs and special interest groups.
Thanks in large part to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. FEC, the 2012 election was the most expensive in history, with just 32 Super PAC donors spending as much as the 3.7 million small donors to Mitt Romney and President Obama combined. Citizens United unleashed a tide of big money from mega-donors and Super PACs into our elections, threatening to drown out the voices of ordinary Texans.
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