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Supermanchoyesterday at 9:35 PM1 replyview on HN

Citizens United got pretty close in the Supreme Court's 5–4 decision on January 21, 2010, ruling that corporations and unions cannot be prohibited from making independent political expenditures, citing First Amendment free speech protections.


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andrekandreyesterday at 11:51 PM

yea, that was the hint in my comment... just waiting for the other shoe to drop so to speak