In the 2010 Supreme Court case Citizens United vs FEC, court ruled that the free speech clause of the First Amendment prohibited the government from restricting independent expenditures for political campaigns by corporations, including nonprofit corporations, labor unions, and other associations. The court’s landmark decision overturned the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, also known as “McCain-Feingold.” That law had prohibited unregulated contributions to national political parties and limited the use of corporate and union money to fund advertisements discussing political issues within 60 days of a general election.
@ISIDEWITH6yrs
No, these types of donations just turn into bribes
@ISIDEWITH6yrs
No, and political campaigns should be publicly funded
@ISIDEWITH6yrs
Yes, but limit the amount they can donate
@ISIDEWITH8yrs
No, but allow donations from unions and non-profits
@98YL2YQ23hrs
Yes, but it has to be made public these organizations are donating to political parties
@98YJK6B1 day
Yes, and amounts need to be made public
@98XT2ML2 days
Yes with a limit because the benefits would be too easy and it can be a bribe.
@98X6W5M3 days
No, but non-profits should be allowed to donate. Reducing donations like these will make campaigns more equitable.
@regularjake555 days
Yes, as long donations are public knowledge
@98W7CKQ7 days
Politicians should be blind to their donors so as to not be bought out
@98VZGKQ7 days
No, allow Unions and non-profits, and make sure that the knowledge is public.
@98VN5KP1wk
Limit donations to $2000.
I don't have enough information to make an informed opinion
@98TT2M21wk
i dont have an opinion on the matter
@98TRVV91wk
Yes, but it has to be for a semi-good cause.
@98TMB4M1wk
Yes, but they must accurately report their donations or risk penalty.
@98T647H1wk
Yes, but limit the amount they can donate based on profit
Does it matter either way?
@98QFR9B2wks
Yes and there be no limit to it as this a right of the 1st amendment
@98Q4GGL2wks
Yes if the entire Corporation, union, or non profit unanimously agree to the contribution.
@98M3D4R3wks
Yes but only if the donation is public
@98KK32S4wks
No, only Unions should be allowed to donate.
Yes but make all donations public
@98HQSYF1mo
Yes, but they must be required to release a public statement listing all the political candidates that they have donated to.
@98FNKJ71mo
Yes, but limit the allowable amounts and make all donations visible via an easily searchable public database.
Yes. To ban this would restrict freedom of speech, and violate the first amendment. However, this should be disclosed.
@98DTCMD2mos
Only trade unions should be allowed to donate
@98DS7W82mos
Yes, but it should be public knowledge. To limit this would be taking from freedom of speech.
@98D7DRZ2mos
Yes, it just has to be public so it isn’t a bribe
@98CJGY52mos
Yes, we are a capitalist society free market country
Yes, as long as all donations are publicly available
@98B4H8S2mos
Yes, but I would give advice to organizations and businesses to not be involved in politics
No, but they should be allowed to have their own Super PACs
any organization should be allowed to do whatever they want to do because nobody but them runs it and if they want to do that, their shouldn't be on a restriction on it.
@988SMGJ2mos
Yes and political parties should be labor unions or disbanded
@988RM2W2mos
No, but individuals within should be able to spend their money as they please.
@987ZDT42mos
See answer to: "Should there be a limit to the amount of money a candidate can receive from a donor?"
@986QT5Z2mos
Yes, but all donations are published for the public to see.
@986Z96K2mos
Repeal Citizens United
@9862VJQ2mos
Yes, but any level of funding to a political campaign should be transparently released to the public.
@985GNVT2mos
I dont see why not so maybe im missing something
@985F23V2mos
Yes but it must be made public when they do
@984DTCM2mos
Everything except non-profit
@984BLKV2mos
No, money should stay out of politics.
@9844ZCZ2mos
Yes, as long as all donations are public knowledge
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