Citizens United
Citizens United refers to the landmark 2010 U.S. Supreme Court case (Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission) that struck down limits on independent corporate political expenditures, holding that corporate funding of independent political broadcasts is protected as free speech. The term has come to symbolize the legal recognition of corporate personhood and speech rights, and is referenced critically as a case that reconfigured political subjectivity, redefined political influence in terms of moneyed speech, and enabled super PACs.
Claims that use this term
- Citizens United created a corporate right no natural person can enjoy
- Citizens United remakes the political subject as an economic one
- Citizens United turns neoliberal rationality into a constitutional hermeneutic governing law.
- Citizens United redefines influence as following the money and super PACS as independent speech