Litigation

Citizens United Anniversary Round-Up

By Peter Hardin

So much has been written on the first anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark Citizens United campaign finance ruling, that it is impossible for Gavel Grab to highlight all of it.

In lieu of excerpts, here is a round-up of many of the commentaries and reports, with apologies to anyone who was left out, and with a thanks to Election Law blog for a number of the links:

Ellen Miller of the Sunlight Foundation in Huffington Post; Nan Aron of Alliance for Justice in Huffington Post; Meredith McGehee of Campaign Legal Center in AOL News; Ciara Torres-Spelliscy of the Brennan Center for Justice in its blog.

Also Maryland Sen. Jamie Raskin in Huffington Post; “Year after Ruling: Right gloats, left vows fight,” in Politico; Katrina vanden Heuvel in The Washington Post; “Citizens United, One Year Later,” in Atlantic Wire; Citizens United at One, from Cato@Liberty.org; Joel M. Gora of Brooklyn Law School in the Wall Street Journal.

Looking ahead, “Left, right gear up for campaign-finance clash before 2012 elections,” in The Hill; and “Democrats Struggle With Citizens United Ruling,” in National Journal.

Full post as published by The Gavel on January 24, 2011 (boomark / email).