From Courthouses to Statehouses....How Cities and States are Sticking It to Citizens United!

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Published on Friday, January 6, 2012 by YES! Magazine
How Cities and States are Sticking It to Citizens United
From courthouses to statehouses, the pro-corporate ruling is under pressure.
by Brooke Jarvis

The Supreme Court may have declared in Citizens United v. the FEC that corporations have a First Amendment right to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections, but that doesn’t mean cities and states have to be happy about it.(Image by watchingfrogsboil)

They’re expressing their disagreement on an increasing number of battlegrounds, with Citizens United under challenge in courts, in city council meetings, in state legislatures, on ballots, and in the streets.
Dissension in the Courts

Some of the most interesting recent action has been in the courts, with lower courts—including a state Supreme Court and a federal appeals court—taking on Citizens United.

More at.....
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/06

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1. K/R. This is good to hear, some lower courts challenging C.U.

Kind of grass-rootsy, but at the judicial level.

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