U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law
Feb. 19, 2010
The Implications of Citizens United
Erwin Chemerinsky of UCI School of Law explores the far-reaching implications of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law
Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).
By Erwin Chemerinksy
The Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 2010 DJDAR 949 (January 21), is almost surely to be the most important ruling of the term. The implications of the case, on many different levels, are likely to be enormous. First, in holding that corporations can spend unlimited amounts of money in election campaigns, the Court has likely changed the nature of federal, state, and local elections across the co...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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