Tag: US: This Is Not What Democracy Looks Like

NOVANEWS “This is the world Citizens United made.” by: Alan Zibel Individuals and organizations alike can spend as much as they want to support candidates as a result of this ill-considered decision that struck down the law prohibiting corporations and unions from spending money from their treasuries to influence elections. (Photo: Public Citizen) More than eight years after the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision opened the floodgates for secret corporate money to flow into our elections, hundreds of millions of dollars from Super PACs and other outside groups are pouring into the tightest U.S. Congressional races. A Public Citizen analysis finds that the vast majority of outside spending is flowing to the most competitive races, magnifying the i...