Citizens United v. FEC

What are PAC's?

• Political Action Committees

• Groups that raise money for and fund candidates

• Both

• Neither

____ is also known as the BCRA

• Motor Voter Act

• Federal Election Campaign Act

• McCain-Feingold Act

• McGovern-Fraser Act

Which is NOT true of the BCRA / McCain-Feingold Act?

• banned soft money

• banned issue ads 30 days before primaries

• decreased individual contributions

• Created Stand by your Ad rules

• An attempt used to reduce corruption

Which was a direct result of the Citizens United court ruling?

• decrease in campaign spending
• creation of SuperPACs
• creation of 501 c groups
• decrease in use of public funds in campaigns

In Citizen United v. FEC the Supreme Court ruled

• corporations & unions can spend unlimited amounts on campaigns
• Corporations and unions cannot use express advocacy
• Corporations and unions are allowed to coordinate with candidates
• Campaign contributions are not protected by the 1st amendment