🇺🇸 United States
🏛️ Constitutional Law
📅 2010
⭐ Landmark Case
Supreme Court
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
🏛 U.S. Supreme Court
Case Details
📋 Case Summary
Ruled that the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting independent expenditures for political campaigns by corporations, nonprofits, labor unions, and other associations.
⚖️ Final Judgment / Ruling
5-4 ruling: corporations and other groups can make unlimited independent expenditures in elections as a form of protected speech.
💡 Why This Case Matters
Transformed US campaign finance law by allowing unlimited political spending by corporations and outside groups, creating the era of Super PACs.