What Citizens United Actually Changed About Political Speech
Civics In A Year19 Dec 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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Why The Eighth Amendment Still Shapes Who We Are As A Society

Why The Eighth Amendment Still Shapes Who We Are As A Society

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Why The Ninth Amendment Protects Federal Limits, Not Hidden Rights

Why The Ninth Amendment Protects Federal Limits, Not Hidden Rights

A single sentence in the Bill of Rights has fueled decades of confusion, debate, and hot takes—so we went back to the source to make sense of it. We trace the Ninth Amendment from the founding-era fig...

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The quiet that fell on November 11, 1918 did more than end a war—it sparked a living promise we renew every time we show up for one another. We start with the origin of Armistice Day and trace how Ame...

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How The Fifth, Sixth, And Seventh Amendments Protect Us

How The Fifth, Sixth, And Seventh Amendments Protect Us

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The Fourth Amendment: From General Warrants To Probable Cause

The Fourth Amendment: From General Warrants To Probable Cause

We trace the Fourth Amendment from colonial protests against general warrants to modern rules for warrants, cars, phones, and digital surveillance. We explain probable cause, reasonableness, and how c...

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Understanding The Second Amendment Through History And Natural Law

Understanding The Second Amendment Through History And Natural Law

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Hate Speech And The First Amendment

Hate Speech And The First Amendment

Ever wonder why the law protects some of the most offensive speech you’ve ever heard? We sit down with Professor Eugene Volokh to map the real boundaries of the First Amendment—where protection is str...

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Freedom Of The Press, Plainly Explained

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