Fifty Years Ago, the Supreme Court Said Money Is Speech

submitted by technocrit to politics 471 points | 61 comments https://jacobin.com/2026/02/citizens-united-campaign-finance-oligarchy/ > Last week was the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision enshrining the idea that money in politics is not corruption, but constitutionally protected speech. States and cities across the US are battling the rotten legacy of that decision.