Comment & Debate
Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission 5-4 Majority Opinion of the Court: “Corporations, like individuals, do not have monolithic views. On certain topics corporations may possess valuable expertise, leaving them the best equipped to point out errors or fallacies in speech ofall sorts, including the speech of candidates and elected officials.”
Cleta Mitchell. “Partner at Foley & Lardner who works in campaign finance law; filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of Citizens United, on behalf of two advocacy organizations opposing the ban on corporate expenditures: “What businesses, large and small, should do is spend time and money educating their employees, vendors and customers about candidates and officeholders whose philosophies and voting records would destroy or permanently damage America’s free enterprise system. […] Why are Democrats afraid of that voice?”