In the aftermath of "Citizens United"
The 5-4 vote on Citizens United has prompted an opposing response from Congress in the form of the DISCLOSE bill:
The bill, the DISCLOSE Act (Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections), won narrow approval in the U.S. House last Thursday [June 24, 2010] on a vote of 219-206, mostly along party lines.
One recalls that it was Justice Kennedy who authored the opinion in Citizens United, and it was Justice Kennedy who authored the opinion of the court in Bilski. Somewhere in between, during the "state of the union," President Obama explicitly attacked the decision in Citizens United.
See previous IPBiz posts
http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2010/01/supreme-court-expands-corporate-role-in.html
http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2010/06/bilksi-opinion-written-by-justice.html
The bill, the DISCLOSE Act (Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections), won narrow approval in the U.S. House last Thursday [June 24, 2010] on a vote of 219-206, mostly along party lines.
One recalls that it was Justice Kennedy who authored the opinion in Citizens United, and it was Justice Kennedy who authored the opinion of the court in Bilski. Somewhere in between, during the "state of the union," President Obama explicitly attacked the decision in Citizens United.
See previous IPBiz posts
http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2010/01/supreme-court-expands-corporate-role-in.html
http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2010/06/bilksi-opinion-written-by-justice.html
posted by Lawrence B. Ebert at 9:41 AM
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