#citizensunited — Public Fediverse posts
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Here’s how we got to this nightmare: The secret 1971 #PowellMemo to 2010 #CitizensUnited
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“ #Mamdani defeated what has been, since 2010’s #CitizensUnited decision unleashing unlimited money into #American #politicalcampaigns, one of the most indefatigable forces in #electoralpolitics: the preferences of #billionaires.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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#Mainers in kayaks protest Chief Justice #JohnRoberts near his island home
by Stephen Betts, Midcoast Villager
July 19, 2025"#Kayakers who say they oppose the direction the U.S. Supreme Court has taken the country took to the water Saturday morning to protest near the seasonal home of Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.
"The flotilla launched its kayaks from the new public landing in Port Clyde and paddled a few hundred yards to Roberts’ home on Hupper Island.
"The chief justice and his wife Jane Roberts purchased the home in June 2006. He typically spends time at the seasonal home after the high court recesses for the summer. Their chief residence is in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Signs voicing opposition to the #SupremeCourt’s rulings were brought in the kayaks, and others lined the waterfront."Signs referred to rulings that they said harm the #LBTQ community, the overturning of campaign spending limits for #corporations in the #CitizensUnited case in 2010, the overturning of a woman’s right to #abortion in 2022, and more recent rulings that grant the president immunity from actions taken while president.
"Organizer Susan MacNeil-Densmore said earlier this week she is affiliated with the organization #AudacityCAT (#CreativeActionTogether) which has been active locally working to resist #authoritarianism, but said the event was not really part of any specific organization."
Archived version:
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#HarlanCrow’s political spending started long BEFORE #CitizensUnited opened the floodgates for anonymous money…in 2010. 1977—2009, Crow & his cos gave >$2.4M to fed candidates, parties, PACs, & other pol entities.
SINCE Citizens United, he’s REPORTED spending $13.8M on federal #politics. But that’s not all. While it’s impossible to track Crow’s #undisclosed political giving, public info shows longstanding ties to the biggest figures & groups in #Republican #DarkMoney.
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…the #CitizensUnited ruling… upended nearly 100 years of #CampaignSpending #restrictions.
The #conservative #legal movement seized the moment w/greater success than any other group, & the consequences have shaped American #jurisprudence & #politics in dramatic ways.
From those early discussions among #Leo, #Thomas & #Crow would spring a billion-dollar force that has helped remake the #judiciary & #overturn longstanding legal #precedents on #abortion, #AffirmativeAction & many other issues.