Author Question: Beginning with the 2010 election, corporations were free to run ads directly advocating a ... (Read 38 times)

newbem · **on:** Sep 3, 2018

Beginning with the 2010 election, corporations were free to run ads directly advocating a candidate's election for the first time since 1907, when Congress first banned using general corporate funds in federal election campaigns. This occurred based on which 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision?

A) Federal Election Commission v. McCain
B) Feingold v. McConnell
C) Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
D) BCRA v. Fox News
E) FEC v. Americans United Trust

Question 2

Independent, expenditures-only political committees are a legal term by the Federal Elections Committee (FEC) more commonly referred to as

A) political action committees (PACs).
B) 501(c)4 social welfare organizations.
C) 527 committees.
D) independent advocacy organizations (IAOs).
E) Super PACs.