Sheldon Whitehouse - Citizens United is a disgrace of a decision, holding that corporate money is co...

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Citizens United is a disgrace of a decision, holding that corporate money is corporate speech and entitled to the same First Amendment protection as human speech. As a result, corporations now can spend unlimited amounts of money to influence our elections - often in secret, without any public disclosure.

Sheldon Whitehouse

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Citizens United ist eine Schande über eine Entscheidung, da es sich bei Unternehmen um Geld als Unternehmensrede und zum gleichen Schutz des Ersten Zusatzes wie die menschliche Sprache handelt. Infolgedessen können Unternehmen jetzt unbegrenzt viel Geld ausgeben, um unsere Wahlen zu beeinflussen - oft im Verborgenen ohne Offenlegung.

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