[pe2-image src=”http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-49LBO_6VsZA\/Vr_p4WXv1mI\/AAAAAAAAAeY\/QmpWo_fbj8g\/s144-c-o\/20100121_0000%252520CITIZENS%252520UNITED%252520v.%252520FEDERAL%252520ELECTION%252520%252528US%25252008-2015%252529%252520Opinion.jpg” href=”https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/102930737536139888016\/Campaign2016#6250971962100668002″ caption=”Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, No. 08-205, 558 U.S. 310 (2010) Cover Sheet.” type=”image” alt=”20100121_0000 CITIZENS UNITED v. FEDERAL ELECTION (US 08-2015) Opinion.jpg” ](Feb. 13, 2016 21:45 EST) Because the US Supreme Court case, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, (2010), has been receiving so much attention throughout this presidential election cycle, here is a consolidated list of links which help those wishing to understand the case more than just its title.<\/p>\n
Hillary Clinton has advocated, for unknown reasons, that the Citizens United case became to be because it involved an attack campaign against her. <\/p>\n
Why she would want to take credit for something which drastically caused our campaign finance system to become corrupted, is unknown.<\/p>\n
The gist of the case involves a movie produced by an anti-Hillary-Clinton entity. The movie was to cause people to not want to elect Hillary Clinton. <\/p>\n
There were provisions in a law which required various disclosures when campaign related speech was being paid for and used against a political candidate. That, is what Hillary Clinton was at the time.<\/p>\n
The producers of the movie then filed an action in court seeking an injunction to keep the law requiring disclosure from being applied to them.<\/p>\n
Accordingly the case, originally launched in 2008, eventually cycled its way through the courts system all the way to the Supreme Court. When in 2010, the court, in a 5-4 split decision, ruled in Citizens United’s favor.<\/p>\n
Below are some interesting links for reference.<\/p>\n
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, No. 08-205, 558 U.S. 310 (2010)<\/p>\n
Wikipedia Overview<\/a><\/p>\n Opinion of the Court<\/a>.<\/p>\n