This decision overturned the Austin case, which had cleared a Michigan statute of violating thefirst and fourteenth amendments.
This decision overturned the Austin case, which had cleared a Michigan statute of violating thefirst and fourteenth amendments. This ruling also overturned much of the McConnell decision, whichhad protected a law enacting 30 and 60 day buffers. This case was decided a week before the State ofthe Union address, in which the sitting president's contention that it "reversed a century of law"prompted one of the justices to mouth "not true." This decision prompted Chris Van Hollen and (*)Chuck Schumer to sponsor the DISCLOSE Act. It grew out of attempts to air the film Hillary: The Movie,and it struck down parts of the McCain-Feingold Act. For 10 points, name this 2010 Supreme Court casewhich ruled that preventing corporations from spending money on campaigns was a violation of the FirstAmendment.
This decision overturned the Austin case, which had cleared a Michigan statute of violating thefirst and fourteenth amendments.
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission