10 Feb 2012 1:28 pm
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaa, HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!No, a "union" is not a "person." And people belonging to both unions and corporations should be severely restricted in how the people belonging to either can hide behind the legal entity in donating money to political campaigns -- PARTICULARLY if any such legal entity is a profit-seeking legal entity.Which has nothing or next to nothing to do with Citizens United and the way it freed speech and upheld the Constitution.It wasn't about contributions. It was about advertising one's political opinions; i.e political speech.The decision reached the Supreme Court on appeal from a January 2008 decision by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The lower court decision had upheld provisions of the 2002 act, which prevented the film Hillary: The Movie from being shown on television within 30 days of 2008 Democratic primaries.[1][3]The Supreme Court reversed the lower court, striking down those provisions of the McCain–Feingold Act that prohibited all corporations, both for-profit and not-for-profit, and unions from broadcasting "electioneering communications."Citizens United campaign contributions Edited by RichClem, 10 February 2012 - 02:29 PM.