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Senate Hearing: "Corporate America vs. The Voter"
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With the Senate Armed Services Committee's hearing on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" scheduled for tomorrow, another hearing on a controversial issue is being overlooked by many.
The Supreme Court's recent campaign finance ruling in Citizens United v. FEC has drawn the ire of some on Capitol Hill. That case -- and how Congress might blunt its force before the mid-term elections -- is the topic of tomorrow's hearing before the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, entitled "Corporate America vs. The Voter: Examining the Supreme Court's Decision to Allow Unlimited Corporate Spending in Elections."
The witness list includes two ACSblog guest contributors: Professor Heather Gerken of Yale Law School and Democracy 21's Fred Wertheimer, whose immediate reaction to the decision is available here.
[image via www.yellowdoggereldemocrat.org]
- Campaign finance
- Citizens United v. FEC
- Corporate Speech
- Corporate Spending Limits
- Democracy and Voting
- Don't Ask Don't Tell
- First Amendment
- Fred Wertheimer
- Heather Gerken
- Senate Armed Services Committee
- Senate Rules Committee
- Separation of powers
- Separation of Powers and Federalism
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- Supreme Court
- The Courts
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