The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Thursday that corporations, labor unions and other groups can spend freely to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, overturning a 20-year-old decision that prohibited such spending.
The following Duke University professors are available to comment on this decision:
-- Guy-Uriel Charles is a law professor and expert on constitutional issues, voting rights, election law, race and the law, campaign finance, and redistricting and is the founding director of Duke's Center on Law, Race and Politics. (919) 613-7191; charles@law.duke.edu.
-- Thomas B. Metzloff is a law professor and expert in civil procedure, ethics, and dispute resolution. As director of the Voices of American Law project, Metzloff creates detailed documentaries about Supreme Court cases dealing with key constitutional values as director of the Voices of American Law project. In 2009, he created a documentary about Citizens United v. FEC. (919) 613-7055; Metzloff@law.duke.edu.
-- Michael Munger is chair of the political science department, and was one of several scholars who contributed to anamicus brief filed in this case (viewable at http://www.scribd.com/doc/17878231/Amicus-Scholars-Brief-in-Citizens-United-Reargument). He also testified before the Senate against the McCain-Feingold bill in 2000. (919) 369-6453; munger@duke.edu.