What Citizens United Actually Changed About Political Speech
Civics In A Year19 Des 2025

What Citizens United Actually Changed About Political Speech

Think you know Citizens United? The headlines got the heat, but the holding was far narrower than the myth. We walk through the real story—what the Court protected, what it left alone, and why the biggest shift in campaign money came from a different case altogether. We start with the foundation set by Buckley v. Valeo, where the Court split campaign finance into two buckets: contributions to candidates, which can be limited to deter corruption, and independent expenditures, which are protec...

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Hamilton's Vision: Understanding Executive Authority in Federalist No. 70

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Federalist 51: Madison's Blueprint for American Democracy

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Madison's Blueprint: Understanding Federalist 51 and Separation of Powers

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Dr. Alan Gibson returns to examine Federalist 51, Madison's definitive document on separation of powers and checks and balances within the American governmental system. Madison's argument across Feder...

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