Resolved: On balance‚ the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission harms the election process. My partner and I stand in firm negation of today’s resolution. If my partner and I uphold that the Citizens United decision does not directly harm our election process‚ then we win today’s round. Contention 1: Citizens United has negligible effect on public participation in elections. In fact‚ the decision actually supports voter turnout. Many would argue that a bombardment
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two features of BCRA are the restriction of soft money and issue advocacy. First‚ this act bans the raising of soft money by federal candidates or national parties and restricts the spending of soft money by state parties. Second‚ this act created a new election law‚ electioneering communication‚ which prohibits the use of political advertisements that “refers” to a federal candidate within thirty days of a primary election or sixty days of a general elections. The First Amendment is arguably the
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The landmark Supreme Court case‚ Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) changed the system of political campaign contributions in the United States. In the close 5-4 decision‚ the Supreme Court ruled that organizations are allowed to make unlimited political donations. The Justices reached their decision using the First Amendment‚ which pertains to free speech. To state it plainly‚ money equals speech. Surely‚ the Justices in favor of the decision assumed that the donor groups or individuals
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A/CN.9/SER.C/ABSTRACTS/105 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 16 February 2011 English Original: Spanish United Nations Commission on International Trade Law CASE LAW ON UNCITRAL TEXTS (CLOUT) Contents Page Cases relating to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Case 1033: CISG 14; 15;
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Kiersten Foster AP Government & Politics December 8‚ 2013 Mr. Raveret Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission: First amendment rights or the government ’s cold shoulder to corporations? With the bitter wounds of British tyranny still stinging‚ the Founding Fathers thought up the first amendment. Democracy flourishes only when freedoms to express views‚ both political and those of other concerns‚ are guaranteed. What happens‚ however‚ when your own government
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of the Federal Communications Commission vs. Fox Television Stations Inc.‚ I will discuss the background and the role of the FCC in the United States‚ the history of Fox Television Stations Inc. and analyze the arguments of both sides. Based on those arguments I will answer the question did the Supreme Court get it right on the decision of this case. “The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was created when Congress passed the Communications Act in 1934 which abolished the Federal Radio Commission
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Atavia Vigil Case Brief 38-1 Federal Election Comm’n v. Beaumont Facts In 2003‚ the corporation North Carolina Right to Life‚ Inc. sued the federal Election Commission claiming that that two FEC regulations were unconstitutional. First regulation challenged the one that stops corporations from making contributions Second regulation was the one that provides an exemption from the ban for corporate contributions for particular nonprofit corporations. NCRL believes that they met the exemption to
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movement for upbringing the next generation. Because television plays a fundamental role in a vast majority of American families‚ its influence on young audiences has remained a great concern of the nation. For years‚ Congress and the Federal Communications Commission have battled with networks over the programming of children’s television due to apprehension from the effects that television could potentially have on children as a central medium of entertainment. The history of regulations geared toward
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artistic‚ political‚ or scientific value(The Dynamics of Mass Communication Tenth Edition‚ page 378). Indecent material is defined as offending the public and bad taste‚ improper or vulgar. Indecent material is very had to define. Between the federal court system and Congress‚
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Pomponio December 26‚ 2009 A business has the responsibility of operating with the people in an ethical way or the way that they want to be treated. I think that the business world has the temptation to not treat others fair. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent US government agency‚ directly responsible to Congress‚ and regulates interstate and international communications by radio‚ television‚ wire‚ satellite and cable. The regulation of the FCC permits the big boys
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