Year: 2012

Panel at St. Michael’s speaks out against Citizens United decision

COLCHESTER — Sen. Virginia “Ginny” Lyons, D-Chittenden, sat on stage waving several dollars bills in the air as the silent audience waited for her to begin her presentation.

“Do you get it? I’m speaking!” Lyons said, referencing the Supreme Court ruling Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission, which Lyons said defined money as speech and corporations as people.

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Not in Montana

The American Prospect

Garrett Epps

February 21, 2012

The state’s challenge to Citizens United might make the Supreme Court rethink—but not overturn—the ruling.

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