Case Study: End Citizens United

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End Citizens United (EDU) is committed to seeing that every citizen has an equal say in the election of its government officials. Strong advocates of the reversal of the 2010 Supreme Court decision that its group was named for; this organization believes that our current campaign finance system favors the rich and powerful and works against the everyday American. Since this ruling, powerful players such as large corporation and the super rich can now funnel unlimited resources to political campaigns potentially giving them enormous sway in their outcome. Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren shares this commitment to campaign finance reform and was recently endorsed by End Citizens United. Warren believes that this Supreme Court ruling endangers

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