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Exhibit 895

Citizens United v. FEC, independent expenditures and corruption

Exhibit 895 ยท Court opinion

Citizens United v. FEC, independent expenditures and corruption

independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption.

Holding premise later used in SpeechNow.

Source
U.S. Supreme Court
Date
21 January 2010
Quoted from
Part III (reporter page not verified)
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/08-205.ZO.html
Accessed
2026-11-10
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit

Cited by

Finding POL-5.1
Primary record In Citizens United (2010) the Supreme Court held, 5 to 4, that independent expenditures by corporations do not give rise to corruption or its appearance, and held, 8 to 1, that the disclaimer and disclosure requirements of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act are constitutional. In SpeechNow.org v. FEC (D.C. Circuit, en banc, 26 March 2010) the court held that contributions to groups making only independent expenditures cannot be limited and upheld the registration and reporting requirements for those groups.