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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Constitutional Interpretation: Why Judges Still Turn to Hamilton, Madison, and Jay

Constitutional Interpretation: Why Judges Still Turn to Hamilton, Madison, and Jay

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The Art of Disagreement: What America's Founding Debates Teach Us Today

The Art of Disagreement: What America's Founding Debates Teach Us Today

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The Federalist Papers stand as America's original political science—a blueprint for constitutional government that remains surprisingly relevant 240 years after its creation. In this enlightening conv...

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Hamilton vs. Brutus: The Battle Over Judicial Power in Federalist 78

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Dr. Sean Beienberg examines the historical debate between Alexander Hamilton and Brutus regarding judicial power and independence in the American constitutional system. Hamilton's Federalist 78 defend...

19 Sep 202513min

Separation of Powers: Madison's Blueprint for American Governance

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