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'Citizens United'

Senate casts a vote on something pertaining to rollback of Citizens United

The U.S. Senate voted 79-18 today to keep debating a proposed constitutional amendment to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens United (the corporate personhood ruling that opened the floodgates on political spending.) The vote has limited, if any, meaning.
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Outside money pouring into political races at unprecedented pace

If you watch TV, this news in the New York Times will close as no surprise: An explosion of spending on political advertising on television — set to break $2 billion in congressional races, with overall spots up nearly 70 percent since the 2010 midterm election — is accelerating the rise of moneyed interests and wresting control from the candidates’ own efforts to reach voters.
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Griffin campaign received improper PAC contributions, eventually returned them

U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin, a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, accepted $6,000 in prohibited political action committee contributions in February and March, but returned the money in April, his campaign said.

Supreme Court knocks down limits on federal campaign giving

In a vote that dissenting Justice Stephen Breyer said would "open a floodgate" of dollars to control American elections, the Supreme Court ruled today that aggregate limits on federal campaign contributions were unconstitutional.
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Hobby Lobby challenge to Obamacare contraceptive mandate before Supreme Court today

The Supreme Court hears arguments today in Hobby Lobby's effort to wiggle out of contraceptive coverage mandated by the Affordable Care Act, citing religious objections.

The Burkhalter property dispute grinds on; political opponents are watching

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette today wrote about a legal dispute between John Burkhalter, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, and Kent Vestal, his partner in the Lexington Park apartments in North Little Rock. It included news, mentioned in a thread here yesterday, that a judge had agreed with Vestal that the apartment should be sold. Will it soon be a political ad?
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Tom Cotton's bedfellows include Citizens United advocate Ted Olson

Last night's right-wing fund-raiser for Extremist Republican Tom Cotton's U.S. Senate campaign included some big names as hosts. 

Group seeks to make Arkansas first Southern state to reject Citizens United

Huffington Post gives national attention to the drive by an Arkansas group, Regnat Populus, to overcome the Citizens United ruling that extended personhood to corporations for purposes of political campaign spending.
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Proposal drafted to end corporate spending in Arkansas elections

Little Rock lawyer David Couch, who's done work in a variety of public interest causes, and Paul Spencer, who organized the Regnat Populus grassroots drive for better ethics laws, have a new idea cooking.

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hat Democracy is rule by the people was once considered self-evident in this country, but that changed with the Supreme Court's disastrous ruling in the Citizens United case.
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Prediction: End near on limits on campaign contributions

A Forbes writer views with alarm (justifiable, I think) the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to hear a case challenging contributions the $123,200 limit on federal giving to a variety of federal causes (candidates, PACs, political parties) during a two-year cycle.

Conway stands up for people against corporations

Jennifer Pierce reports that the Conway City Council voted 7-0 tonight in favor of a resolution that says corporations are not people.
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