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against the Federal Election Commission; the case went to the Supreme Court, who ruled in Citizens United’s favor. This case reignited a long debate between republicanism and free speech. The rise of the Industrial Revolution led to several concerns over the corporal influences and the quid pro quo corruption in politic. Since President Teddy Roosevelt’s administration, Congress has imposed regulations on the finance of federal election campaign to prevent such corruption, such as the Federal…

Campaign Finance and the Supreme Court In 1974 Congress passed (and then President Ford signed) a set of Amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. These amendments included prohibiting individuals from donating over a specific amount of money ($1000) to any one campaign, and limited the total contributions to $25,000 for all federal campaigns combined. The amendments also included limiting the amount of money that a candidate could contribute and spend on their own campaign and…

letter writers-one for the pros and one (not directly contradictory) for the antis”. Although it took House members, on average, $1,689,580 to win a seat in Congress in 2012 and Senators, on average, $10,476,451, according to Federal Elections Commission data on the 2012 election, members of Congress will continue to seek more money. I do not believe that just because a Congress-member has more money due to large contributions from a few individuals that they will attempt to appeal to all…

Political corruption is always brought up during election season and seemingly everyone has their own fix. Corruption today can be quickly discovered if one just follows the trail of dark money. Funds given to a politician from a corporation, whether in a campaign or as lobbying, is referred to as dark money by liberal politicians. Citizens United V. FEC was a supreme court case which ruled that money is speech and thus corporations can give endless sums of money to politicians under their…

of its citizens, limiting legislation that could be passed to help remedy current and future issues (Douglas, 2007). It’s been found that the funds given to campaigns from the individual voter to large corporation has little affect on swaying the elections, but that it’s not accounting for the money flowing in,…

communicating with his colleagues. As am manger I had to find the solution to this problem so everyone can have comfortable environment. According to protecting consumer’s article, it states that “As the nation’s consumer protection agency, the Federal Trade Commission has a broad mandate to protect consumers from fraud and deception in the marketplace. To fulfill this goal, the FTC takes law enforcement actions, provides consumer and business education, issues reports and policy guidance, leads…

its prohibition of cross-media ownership between FM radio stations and television stations within the same market. The FCC under the Nixon Administration prohibited newspaper cross ownership of radio or television stations (Yanich, 2014). When the Commission adopted the rule, it grandfathered newspaper/broadcast combinations in many markets, forcing dispossession only in highly concentrated markets. As a result, approximately seventy grandfathered newspaper/broadcast combinations continue to…

In response to your request for ideas of a Corporate Social Responsibility, I’ve researched 5 top companies to ascertain which would be the best method for MegaTech. Following from my extensive research, I would recommend MegaTech to venture in donating reusable technological devices to non-profit organization as our Corporate Social Responsibility. Below, I’ve created a table which reflects my top 5 companies and their CSR benefits. Table A1 Types of CSR models and benefits for…

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was a law that would let anyone enter the communications business and to let any communications business compete in other markets against each other. Prior to the act in 1996, the U.S. telecommunications industry was a monopoly and the act opened the doors to anybody who wanted to be a part of the communications industry. Although it opened the doors to anybody it also led to concentration of media ownership. Concentration of media ownership is essentially when…

Merriam Webster defines Net Neutrality as a requirement for all Internet Service Providers(ISPs) to treat all Internet data the same regardless of its source, type, or destination. Some people argue against net neutrality because they feel that the government should not be allowed to regulate the Internet. Net Neutrality is an important part of our society, it allows for an open Internet which is free from discrimination, monopolies, and prevents it from becoming stagnant. ISPs are like the…