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Unit 3 – Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Topic 3.1
How is the First Amendment relevant to Citizen United v Federal Election Commission case in 2010?
Citizens United successfully argued that First amendment should only apply to living individuals not entities like corporations or unions
Freedom of religion was a crucial factor in this case rather than freedom of speech.
Corporations were denied their request to have same First Amendment rights as individuals.
It was ruled that restricting corporations from spending money on political advertising violates their First Amendment rights.
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