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How to counter corporate speech

From Amsterdam Law Forum, William D. Araiza (Brooklyn): Campaign Finance Regulation: The Resilence of the American Model. From The Week, why you should (or shouldn't) be worried by the Supreme Court's new ruling on big business and elections. Who is helped, or hurt, by the Citizens United decision?: A debate. From NYRB, Ronald Dworkin on the "devastating" decision in Citizens United. Money isn't speech and corporations aren't people: The misguided theories behind the Supreme Court's ruling on campaign finance reform. Craig Calhoun on your cousins the corporations (and their rights of free speech). Does corporate money lead to political corruption? What will the Supreme Court's campaign finance ruling really change? Judicial activism from the Right: The Supreme Court's recklessness in the corporate speech case is in sharp contrast to another decision issued the same day. The Supreme Court delivers the goods to corporations — where's the religious opposition now? Chase Foster on what the U.S. Supreme Court's disastrous decision means for you. Hoist your pitchforks: EJ Dionne on how it's time for angry Americans to march on the Supreme Court. The man who took down campaign finance reform: A profile of James Bopp Jr., the conservative lawyer behind the Supreme Court case that will flood elections with corporate cash. Is the likely impact of the campaign finance ruling overblown? The flood of corporate money is already here. How to counter corporate speech: Every American should get a $50 tax credit to donate to a candidate. High-Court Hypocrisy: Dick Durbin's got a good idea.