WASHINGTON, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission: Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement of Ralph Nader on the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission:
Today's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission shreds the fabric of our already weakened democracy by allowing corporations to more completely dominate our corrupted electoral process. It is outrageous that corporations already attempt to influence or bribe our political candidates through their political action committees (PACs), which solicit employees and shareholders for donations. With this decision, corporations can now also draw on their corporate treasuries and pour vast amounts of corporate money, through independent expenditures, into the electoral swamp already flooded with corporate campaign PAC Read More
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