Comments on: Citizens United Watch: Justice Thomas’s Wife Forms Conservative Lobbying Group Which Will Take Corporate Funds

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:58:08 +0000

It’s a little hard to answer this question because it’s not clear what Liberty Central does yet. Corporations generally wouldn’t have been prevented from donating to Liberty Central any more than they would have been prohibited from donating to any other lobbying group. But there are some signs that they want to take a new approach to lobbying. Their website suggests that they are interested in acting as a sort of middleman, coordinating donations between corporations and advocacy groups, which may include earmarked spending on the sort of candidate-specific ads now allowed under Citizens United. Note the degree of speculation in my statement…

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:44:16 +0000

Why would corporations have been hindered from contributing to Liberty Central prior to Citizens United? Your post seems to assume this, though I’m not sure they would have been so constrained under pre-Citizens United precedent. If I’m mistaken, can you point to the rule that prevented corporations from giving to 501(c)(4) groups that no longer constrains after Citizens United? Thanks!

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