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Unless you are in the United States and your money is going to a super PAC, union, or other association. Then your transmission of funds is free speech and cove
by f38zf5vdt 4y ago
Unless you are in the United States and your money is going to a super PAC, union, or other association. Then your transmission of funds is free speech and covered by the first amendment. [1]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> your transmission of funds is free speech and covered by the first amendment Political spending has been equated with political speech by the Supreme Court. That doesn't mean the government can't e.g. freeze a criminal's assets.
- lern_too_spel 4y agoSuper PACs have to report how they spend their money and where they got it from. As long as they don't communicate with a campaign, how they spend it is free speech. This is very different from not reporting where you spend your money or where you got it from.