Citizens United v. Fedl Election Commn.

Oral Argument here:

https://www.oyez.org/cases/2008/08-205


Opinion read orally by Justice Kennedy here:

https://apps.oyez.org/player/#/roberts4/opinion_announcement_audio/23476




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood

Bluman v. Federal Election Commission Bluman v. Federal Election Com'n.,
 800 F. Supp. 2d 281 (D.D.C. 2011)
KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judge; URBINA, District Judge; and COLLYER, District Judge.

Issue: Whether Congress violates the First Amendment by making it a crime for individuals who lawfully reside in the United States, but are neither U.S. citizens nor “permanent residents” under the immigration laws, to make independent expenditures or campaign contributions in connection with any federal, state, or local election; or whether, as the district court held, the ban satisfies strict scrutiny as a “piecemeal” attempt to reduce the “influence” on “how voters will cast their ballots” of aliens whom Congress may suspect of lacking “primary loyalty” to the nation.

 We grant the FEC's motion to dismiss, and we deny plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment.Kavanaugh, J

In the Supreme Court: Judgment: Affirmed on January 9, 2012.


Alaska decision here:

https://equalcitizens.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Superior-Court-decision_to-post.pdf