Sentencia Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, corrupción y derecho al voto en Estados Unidos

Héctor Jiménez Esclusa

doi:10.5294/dika.2021.30.2.3

Authors

Héctor Jiménez Esclusa Author Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3081-6847

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5294/dika.2021.30.2.3

Keywords:

Advocacy groups, lobbyists, corruption, democracy, Scotus, Citizens United ruling

Abstract

This article studies the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling issued by the Scotus as a mechanism to legalize advocacy groups’ unrestrictive influence on United States politics. The hypothesis here entails that the judiciary has legalized a corrupt practice reflected in restrictive voting legislation pushed forward by the Republican Party. The article first crafts a frame of reference to display definitions, then describes the background and context of the decision itself, and finally, considers the last two outcomes of the ruling: dark money rising influence on US politics and advocacy groups’ unlimited influence on currently restrictive voting legislation.

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