Posted: 3/4/2010
Supreme Court Ruling on Citizens United: A Victory for Free Speech
When the Supreme Court of the United States handed down its ruling on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission on January 21, it elicited quite a reaction in Washington. Pundits and politicians decried the end of political campaigns as we know them. Corporate money would now be allowed to flood into campaign coffers, poisoning the election process and ensuring the dominance of special interests in politics for the rest of time.