Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission: A Case for Limiting Campaign Finance Regulations

In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the U.S. Supreme Court considered whether the federal government could prohibit a nonprofit corporation from showing a movie that criticized presidential candidate Hillary Clinton within 30 days of an election. Answering “yes” would have declared censorship of political speech is appropriate under the First Amendment.

Fortunately, the U.S. Supreme Court’s majority opinion declared government may not censor political speech or impede the righ...