The #SCOTUS 2010 #CitizensUnited decision transformed #politics. It loosened... - Politics

Nonilex, 9 months ago

The #SCOTUS 2010 #CitizensUnited decision transformed #politics. It loosened restrictions on #CampaignSpending & unleashed a flow of #anonymous #donor #money to nonprofit groups run by #political activists.

In the months before the ruling…, a group of #conservative activists came together to create just such an org. Its mission would be to, at the time, block then-President Barack #Obama’s pet #initiatives.

#DarkMoney #GinniThomas #LeonardLeo
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/10/ginni-thomas-leonard-leo-citizens-united-00108082

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