In the 2010 Supreme Court case Citizens United vs FEC, court ruled that the free speech clause of the First Amendment prohibited the government from restricting independent expenditures for political campaigns by corporations, including nonprofit corporations, labor unions, and other associations. The court’s landmark decision overturned the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, also known as “McCain-Feingold.” That law had prohibited unregulated contributions to national political parties and limited the use of corporate and union money to fund advertisements discussing political issues within 60 days of a general election.
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See previous response (Donations for state elections (including federal House and Senate seats) should ONLY be made by residents of that state, period. For national Presidential elections, parties should be prohibited from fund-raising... all political donations should be made to a single financial or government organization, then divided equally among ALL candidates regardless of political party affiliation.).
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NO... Corporations, unions, and nonprofit organizations should not be allowed to donate to political parties. Democratic legitimacy rests on equal civic voice among persons, not aggregated economic power. Allowing institutional donations concentrates influence, distorts representation, and invites regulatory capture, subordinating the common good to organized interests. Political participation should flow from individual citizens; collective entities may advocate ideas, but money from institutions must not purchase partisan power.
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Yes. They are all comprised of people who join together to have a stronger voice. Contributions should be reported monthly, rather than quarterly, and greater transparency should be occur for voters to have access to the information regarding who contributes to which campaign, and how much, including contributions to the national parties.
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So long as we consider corporations, incorporated unions, and non-profit organizations to be individuals in fiction, they have a constitutional right to be heard. Bucks in the form of donations shout for the individuals and parties receiving them. We need to change the identity of these organizations away from being individuals that have the same constitutional rights as flesh and blood individuals and then prohibit their donation to political campaigns or possibly require equal contributions to all parties running for office. This would tend, I think to reduce the vast sums of money being used to purchase a victor's influence.
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No, unions are already powerful enough...or greedy, and corporations just always need regulation; they are often caught up in scandal and bribes. Non-profits may, as long as it is for a innocent, ethical, and non-criminally inclined reason, such as: helping people who look to a certain party for socioeconomic help, and partnering with the party's political representation.
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Unions should not, especially in states where certain employees are required to be in the union and pay dues. Corporation should absolutely be able to donate. Non-profits should only be allowed to donate if they publish and mail a newsletter to their donors each year detailing exactly what campaigns they donated to, where these elections were held and what the results were.
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