The U.S. Supreme Court recently overruled two recent precedents to invalidate federal-election-law preclusion of direct corporate expenditures in support or in opposition of candidates, essentially because the 5-4 majority in Citizens United v. FEC , refused to draw the long-established distinction between individuals and corporations.
Contrary to the fundamental purpose of the First Amendment, this sweeping decision will likely undermine democracy, not bolster it.
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