In the decade since the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision, Americans have seen its devastating effects: Election spending by the wealthiest individuals and untraceable dark money groups has skyrocketed, faith in our representative democracy is historically low, and legislative outcomes don’t represent the wishes of Americans, but rather serve the interests of the wealthy elite. Americans across the political spectrum are uniting for a historic cross-partisan solution: An amendment to the Constitution to reaffirm the promise of equal political representation for every American, not just the wealthiest among us. Read on to learn more about the problem and the solution.
A Visual History of Citizens United
Citizens United 10th Anniversary Across the Web:

From The Concord Monitor – The conservative role in passing an anti-corruption amendment

From Our Blog – We the People: Real Citizens United to Save Our Republic
In the decade since the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision, Americans across the nation have seen its devastating effects: Election spending by the wealthiest individuals and untraceable dark money groups has skyrocketed, faith in the institution of representative democracy is historically low, and legislative outcomes no longer represent the wishes of the majority of Americans, but rather serve the interests of the wealthy elite. Read more

From the Alexandria Gazette Packet – Letter to the Editor: How You Lost Your Voice and How You Can Get It Back

From The Fulcrum – To engage young Americans in politics, we must end Citizens United

From the LA Times – Ten years on, Citizens United ruling has changed U.S. politics — but not in the way many feared
Ten years ago this month, the Supreme Court shocked the American political establishment with the declaration that corporations had the same rights as people in the eyes of the 1st Amendment, and therefore were exempt from restrictions on political spending. Read more

From The Globe Post – Institutional Shareholders Must Stand Up to Corporate Political Spending

From The International Business Times – Business Leaders Can Help Reverse Citizens United

From The Hill – 10 years later, Americans stand opposed to Citizens United
From the Center for Responsive Politics – More money, less transparency: A decade under Citizens United
The proliferation of controversial political advertisements in the past decade isn’t a coincidence. It’s a direct result of the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling, which helped pump billions of dollars into politics from outside sources that are supposed to be untethered from candidates or political parties. Read more

From The Brennan Center for Justice – Since Citizens United, a Decade of Super PACs

From Law & Crime – Harvard Business Professor Blames Citizens United for Enabling ‘American Oligarchy’

From The Hill – I’m a conservative against Citizens United

From the Casper Star Tribune – Chestek: The damage has been done to the electoral process

From the Juneau Empire – 10-year-old court case still mars Alaska’s campaign finance laws

From the Boston Globe – Since high court has long record of low points, progress is in people’s hands
From The Virginian-Pilot – Sally Ridgway: Citizens United anniversary nothing to celebrate

From SW News Media – Letter: Making a case for amendments
Well, we know the Constitution that followed, did not live up to these words. The founders apparently did in fact mean only males and not people in general. Although they included the means to improve their document with amendments, to pass them can take a very long time. Read more