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U.S. Supreme Court

Jan. 22, 2011

Citizens United Still Stirs Controversy

A year has passed since the U.S. Supreme Court allowed unlimited corporate and union spending on elections, but that landmark decision continues to stir controversy and split opinion.


By Robert Iafolla


Daily Journal Staff Writer


WASHINGTON - A year has passed since the U.S. Supreme Court allowed unlimited corporate and union spending on elections, but that landmark decision continues to stir controversy and split opinion.


Theodore B. Olson, the Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partner who successfully argued the case before the high court, said in a statement that the decision is the most important ever connected to citizen part...

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