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Mike Ludwig, Truthout: ''Progressive activists are celebrating another victory today after the Vermont Legislature became the third in the nation late Thursday to pass resolutions calling for a constitutional amendment that would overturn Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission, the controversial 2010 Supreme Court ruling that allowed corporations and other groups to spend unlimited amounts of money influencing elections and gave rise to the now-infamous Super PACs.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8636-vermont-legislature-votes-to-overturn-citizens-united



How to Beat Citizens United

E.J. Dionne Jr., The Washington Post Writers Group: ''We are about to have the worst presidential campaign money can buy. The Supreme Court s dreadful Citizens United decision and a somnolent Federal Election Commission will allow hundreds of millions of dollars from a small number of very wealthy people and interests to inundate our airwaves with often vicious advertisements for which no candidate will be accountable.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8679-how-to-beat-citizens-united



Mitch McConnell and the Chamber of Commerce Tell the Supreme Court to Double Down on Citizens United

Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress: ''The Supreme Court is currently considering whether to hear a case that will enable it to correct its error in Citizens United and overrule its indefensible decision to allow unlimited corporate and other wealthy donor money to influence elections. Neither the corporate lobby nor the Senate s top Republican are eager to see this occur, however. Both of them filed briefs in the Supreme Court yesterday urging the justices to not only reaffirm Citizens United, but to do so without even hearing argument in the case.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8861-mitch-mcconnell-and-the-chamber-of-commerce-tell-the-supreme-court-to-double-down-on-citizens-united



How Citizens United Is Leading to More Racism in TV Campaign Ads

Lee Fang, Republic Report: ''Joe Ricketts, the billionaire founder of TD Ameritrade, is planning to unleash a race-baiting advertising assault against President Obama late in the campaign. It s a stark reminder that the Supreme Court s Citizens United decision may unleash a new level of ugliness in American campaigns. Technically, the decision only allows corporations and unions to spend unlimited amounts in elections. But in practice, Citizens United might fuel a wave of advertising designed to stir racial divisions and hatred against minority groups.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/9213-how-citizens-united-is-leading-to-more-racism-in-tv-campaign-ads

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Public Citizen: More Than 50 Towns in Massachusetts Call for an End to Citizens United
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/05/22-2



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