Rolling Stoneのインスタグラム(rollingstone) - 1月14日 01時22分
Sheldon Adelson, who's died at the age of 87, embodied the post-'Citizens United,' money-drenched era of U.S. politics better than any other person.
It now feels like ancient history, but the Supreme Court issued its decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission 11 years ago this month. Citizens United is arguably the most consequential Supreme Court decision of the 21st century when it comes to politics, democracy, and money. The court’s five conservative justices embraced what legal scholar Rick Hasen described as an “absolutist vision of the First Amendment,” one that freed up corporations and labor unions to spend unlimited sums of money to elect and defeat candidates for office.
One major catch in the Citizens United decision: Corporations and unions could spend bottomless bags of cash so long as they did so independently of the candidates and campaigns themselves. And so, Super PACs were born.
Tap the link in bio to read more about the effect of Citizens United, how it helped turn U.S. politics into a playground for the rich, and how Adelson established himself as a king — if not the king — of big-money politics.
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