Supreme Court Blocks Ban on Corporate Political Spending. OpenSecrets.org: Money in Politics -- See Who's Giving & Who's Getting. Complete Text of Justice Stevens' Dissent on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Justice Stevens, with whom Justice Ginsburg , Justice Breyer, and Justice Sotomayor join, concurring in part and dissenting in part. The real issue in this case concerns how, not if, the appellant may finance its electioneering.
Citizens United is a wealthy nonprofit corporation that runs a political action committee (PAC) with millions of dollars in assets. Under the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA), it could have used those assets to televise and promote Hillary: The Movie wherever and whenever it wanted to. It also could have spent unrestricted sums to broadcast Hillary at any time other than the 30 days before the last primary election. Neither Citizens United’s nor any other corporation’s speech has been “banned,” ante , at 1. The basic premise underlying the Court’s ruling is its iteration, and constant reiteration, of the proposition that the First Amendment bars regulatory distinctions based on a speaker’s identity, including its “identity” as a corporation.
Law. September 11 Digital Archive. Vol119_stuntz.pdf (application/pdf Object) Joseph Force Crater. Joseph Force Crater (January 5, 1889 – disappeared August 6, 1930) was a 41-year-old New York City judge who vanished while out on a night on the town. He was last seen walking down West 45th Street, and entered popular culture of the 1930s as the "The Missingest Man in New York.
" Despite massive publicity, no trace of him was ever found, and nine years later he was legally presumed dead. The disappearance added to public disquiet about corruption in city government and was a factor in the downfall of the Tammany Hall political machine. Early life and legal career[edit] Crater was born in Easton, Pennsylvania, the eldest of four children of Frank Ellsworth Crater and the former Leila Virginia Montague.[1][2][3][4] He was educated at Lafayette College (class of 1910) and Columbia University. Crater's official title was Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court for New York County, which is a trial court despite the designation "supreme.
" Disappearance[edit] Last known sighting[edit] TED: Ideas worth spreading.