NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2015. At the time of 2010’s Citizens United decision, the U.S. Supreme Court and its detractors focused on the case’s impact on for-profit corporations’ election spending. Five years later, a new report by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law finds that some of the most troubling changes brought on by the ruling can be found elsewhere. From a tiny club of mega-donors sponsoring candidates like race horses, to the proliferation of dark money groups, to crumbling limits on direct contributions, the impacts of Citizens United are reverberating across the election system.
