Reference no: EM133192425 , Length: 2 pages
Case study: Citizens United v. Federal Election Com'n
Research the below case. Answer the following questions. Your paper should not exceed 2 pages:
Who were the parties to the case (i.e. who sued who)?
What was the issue in the case (what was the lawsuit about)?
What did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in the case (what did the Court say)?
How has this impacted America? Read articles that have discussed the impact of the case on American politics. Check sites such as Common Cause, ACLU, public integrity sites.
Provide a 1 paragraph synopsis of an article that you read in #4 above, including citation.
What is the Bill of Rights?
Identify what the rights are in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
What do you think of the concept that a corporation is a person and entitled to the protection of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
Do you agree with what the Supreme Court said in Citizens United?