Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)

1) Link to the Actual Opinion
Read the U.S. Reports opinion (PDF)

2) Summary of the Opinion
Citizens United, a nonprofit, produced a film critical of Hillary Clinton during the 2008 Democratic primaries. The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) restricted such electioneering communications by corporations and unions. The Supreme Court ruled 5–4 that these restrictions violated the First Amendment, holding that corporations and unions have the same free speech rights as individuals in the context of political spending.