PRO:

*BOLD TAGS DENOTE BACON*

FRAMEWORK:
CITIZENS UNITED CASE BREAKDOWN: .......................................................................................................... 1
MONEY NECESSARY TO COMPETE: ............................................................................................................... 2
WINNING AN ELECTION IS EXPENSIVE: ......................................................................................................... 3
ELECTIONS PROCESS CRUCIAL TO DEMOCRACY: .......................................................................................... 4
DEMOCRACY:
BUSINESSES PUTTING POLITICAL PRESSURE ON EMPLOYEES: ..................................................................... 5
ELECTIONS TO BECOME BIDDING WARS: ..................................................................................................... 6
APPEARANCE OF INFLUENCE CAUSES LOSS OF FAITH: ................................................................................. 7
PEOPLE ALREADY VOTING PRO: .................................................................................................................... 8
AMERICANS SEE THEIR VOICES BEING DROWNED OUT: .............................................................................. 9
CITIZENS SET THE STAGE FOR PROLIF OF ORGS:......................................................................................... 10
SEN. SANDERS QUOTE ON GOVT FOR SALE: ............................................................................................... 11
CREATES A MONEY ELECTION THAT PRECEDES REAL ELECTION: ............................................................. 12
SUPERPACS CREATE MORE NEGATIVE ADS: ............................................................................................... 13
HAS CREATED A SHADOW CAMPAIGN: ...................................................................................................... 14
FEDERAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW IS UNRAVELLING BEFORE OUR EYES............................................... 15
AMERICANS PREFER CONTRIBUTION LIMITS TO FREE SPEECH: ............................................................... 16
AMERICANS OVERWHELMINGLY DISAGREE WITH CITIZENS: ..................................................................... 17
AMERICANS WANT CONTRIBUTION LIMITS: .............................................................................................. 18
CITIZENS UNITED REMOVED ALL BARRIERS TO CORPORATE INFLUENCE: ............................................... 19
CITIZENS IMPACTS TO EQUALITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND CONFIDENCE: ................................................. 20
CONFIDENCE:
AMERICAN PEOPLE LOSE CONFIDENCE DUE TO CITIZENS: ......................................................................... 21
SURVEYS SHOW UNLIMITED DONATIONS UNDERMINE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE: ......................................... 22
CITIZENS HAS ALREADY EMPIRICALLY LOWERED CONFIDENCE: .............................................................. 23
CONFIDENCE IN ELECTION KEY TO DEMOCRACY: ..................................................................................... 24
FUNDRAISING:

CANDIDATES NOW TALK TO DONORS MORE THAN VOTERS: .................................................................. 25

POLITICIANS HAVE TO CONSTANTLY BE RAISING MONEY: ......................................................................... 26
CITIZENS CREATES A FUNDRAISING ARMS RACE: ....................................................................................... 27
CORPORATIONS:
SENATE IN 1907: CORPORATE MONEY AWFUL: ........................................................................................ 28
CITIZENS UNITED MADE CORPORATIONS INTO PEOPLE: ........................................................................... 29
CITIZENS UNITED FAILED TO ACCOUNT FOR MULTINATIONALS: ............................................................... 30
CORPORATIONS HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF INFLUENCE: ...................................................................... 31
TEDDY ROOSEVELT: CORPORATE MONEY BAD:.......................................................................................... 32
CORPORATIONS POLITICALLY GAMING SYSTEM: ....................................................................................... 33
CORPORATIONS SHOULDNT BE CITIZENS: ................................................................................................. 34
CITIZENS IS THE FINAL STRAW, BREAKS DOWN VOTER-DRIVEN DEMOCRACY: ......................................... 35
CITIZENS DRASTICALLY INCREASED CORPORATE SPENDING: ..................................................................... 36
CORRUPTION:
THERE IS INSANE COORDINATION BETWEEN SUPER PACS AND POLITICIANS: .......................................... 37
CANDIDATES CLEARLY INVOLVED IN PACS: ................................................................................................ 38
PACS/CORPORATIONS HAVE PERSONAL FINANCIAL STAKES AT HEART: ................................................... 39
CITIZENS SPURRED LOWER COURTS TO CREATE MORE BAD RULINGS: ................................................... 40
SUPREME COURT DECISION WAS TOTALLY UNREALISTIC: ......................................................................... 41
SUPER PACS AND POLITICIANS OPENLY COORDINATE: .............................................................................. 42
IN S.C.S OWN WORDS, CREATES CORRUPTION: ...................................................................................... 43
CONTRIBUTIONS CAN CORRUPT: ................................................................................................................ 44
KENNEDYS CORRUPTION SENTENCE THAT RUINED EVERYTHING:............................................................ 45
COURT CONTRADICTED ITSELF ON CORRUPTION: .................................................................................... 46
COURTS STANCE ON CORRUPTION MAKES NO SENSE: ........................................................................... 47
KENNEDYS CORRUPTION SENTENCE NOT EVEN NECESSARY: ................................................................... 48
KENNEDYS CORRUPTION SENTENCE UNRAVELED CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW: ...................................... 49
AMOUNT DOESNT MATTER, SOURCE DOES: ............................................................................................. 50
CREATES A LEADERSHIP PAC CORRUPTION CHAIN:.................................................................................... 51
LEADERSHIP PAC CORRUPTION CHAIN DESTROYS LIMITS ON DONATIONS TO POLITICAL PARTIES:......... 52
CITIZENS CREATED AN INCONSISTENT WAY TO JUDGE CORRUPTION: ...................................................... 53
CITIZENS ENCOURAGES CORRUPTION BY NOT RECOGNIZING IT: .............................................................. 54

MONEY:
MONEY GIVES POWER: ............................................................................................................................... 55
UNLIMITED DONATIONS ALREADY SHAPING LEGISLATION:....................................................................... 56
SMALL DONORS HAVE BEEN FORCED OUT: .............................................................................................. 57
PRE-CITIZENS, LEGAL CLOUD LIMITED RICHS INFLUECE: ........................................................................... 58
CITIZENS UNITED ELIMINATED LEGAL CLOUD: ........................................................................................... 59
CITIZENS ALLOWED SPENDING TO INCREASE BY REMOVING ILLEGALITY: ................................................. 60
CITIZENS MAKES ABANDONING ALL LIMITS ON MONEY A LIKELY OUTCOME: ....................................... 61
CITIZENS LANGUAGE GIVES WAY TO ERASE ALL CONTRIBUTION LIMITS: .............................................. 62
78% OF 2012 INDEPENDENT SPENDING WAS TRACEABLE TO CITIZENS UNITED: .................................... 63
OTHER:
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION IMPOSSIBLE WITH CITIZENS: ................................................................... 64
CITIZENS UNITED HAS ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS: .................................................................................... 65
CREATES A NARROWING DEBATE THAT DESTROYS CONFLICT OF IDEAS:................................................ 66
COURTS EXPANDING CITIZENS TO TAKE ALL CORPORATE ACTIVITY AS SPEECH: ................................ 67
SUPREME COURT MIGHT STRIKE DOWN LAWS PROTECTING EMPLOYEES FROM EMPLOYERS BELIEFS: . 68
CITIZENS MIGHT STIFLE ECONOMIC INNOVATION: .................................................................................... 69
COHERENCE:
CITIZENS CREATED LEGAL INCOHERENCE: .................................................................................................. 70
COURT COHERENCE IS IMPORTANT FOR GOVERNMENT: .......................................................................... 71
CONTINUED INCOHERENCE THREATENS COURT LEGITIMACY: ................................................................ 72
CAPERTON CASE FACTS:.............................................................................................................................. 73
CAPERTON DECISION TOTALLY CONTRADICTS CITIZENS LOGIC: ................................................................ 74
FOREIGN INFLUENCE:
CITIZENS PROBABLY PROHIBITS RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN INTERFERENCE IN ELECTIONS: ................ 75
FOREIGN INFLUENCE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS: ..................................................................................... 76
CITIZENS ALLOWS FOREIGN INFLUENCE: .................................................................................................... 77
FOREIGN SPENDING COULD AFFECT WHO IS ELECTED: ............................................................................. 78
CITIZENS MEANS NOTHING WRONG WITH FOREIGNERS INFLUENCING ELECTIONS: ............................... 79
FOREIGN INTERFERENCE UNDERMINES CONFIDENCE ............................................................................... 80
COURT SAYS PEOPLE WILL NEVER LOSE FAITH IN DEMOCRACY: ............................................................... 81
NO WAY TO UPHOLD CITIZENS AND BAN FOREIGN CONTRIBUTIONS: .................................................... 82

ANSWERS-TO:
A/T CORPORATE MONEY DOESNT COUNT: ............................................................................................... 83
A/T NOTHING HAS CHANGED (BUCKLEY V. VALEO): .................................................................................. 84
A/T CREATE MORE DISCLOSURE LAWS: ...................................................................................................... 85
A/T RICH COULD ALWAYS DONATE UNLIMITED AMOUNTS: ...................................................................... 86
A/T SUPER PACS ARE INDEPENDENT OF CITIZENS: ..................................................................................... 87

CON:
FRAMEWORK:
CITIZENS UNITED CASE BREAKDOWN: .......................................................................................................... 1
MONEY NECESSARY TO COMPETE: ............................................................................................................... 2
WINNING AN ELECTION IS EXPENSIVE: ......................................................................................................... 3
PRO HAS TO SHOW CORPORATIONS WILL TOTALLY ALTER BEHAVIOR: ...................................................... 4
POST-CITIZENS EMPIRICS:
86% OF MONEY IN 2012 WAS FROM INDIVIDUALS: ..................................................................................... 5
CITIZENS DIDNT EFFECT ELECTION RESULTS: ............................................................................................... 6
BOTH SIDES TREATED EQUALLY BY CORPORATE DONATIONS: .................................................................... 7
STATES WITH CITIZENS-LIKE LAW PRE-RULING NOT WORSE OFF: ............................................................. 8
MONEY FAILS TO BUY VOTES: ....................................................................................................................... 9
STATES WITH UNLIMITED SPENDING WERE BETTER-GOVERNED: ........................................................... 10
NO EVIDENCE OF INCREASED CORPORATE SPENDING: ............................................................................ 11
CORPORATIONS NOT DONATING TO SUPER PACS: .................................................................................... 12
HISTORY:
BILLIONAIRES INTERFERED IN 2004 ELECTION: .......................................................................................... 13
BILLIONAIRES ALMOST ENTIRELY FUNDED MCCARTHY CAMPAIGN: ......................................................... 14
UNLIMITED SPENDING BY INDIVIDUALS ALLOWED PRE-CITIZENS: ............................................................ 15
CITIZENS JUST REFLECTED BROADER SOCIAL SHIFT: ................................................................................. 16
NOTHING HAS CHANGED: ........................................................................................................................... 17
DEMOCRACY:
BLAME THE ELECTORATE. MONEY TRUMPS WHEN THEYRE UNINFORMED: ............................................ 18
LEFT-WING GROUPS STILL USED SUPER PACS: ........................................................................................... 19
CITIZENS LET UNIONS SPEAK TOO: ............................................................................................................. 20
LIBERAL CORPORATIONS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF CITIZENS: ....................................................................... 21
CITIZENS DOESNT FAVOR CONSERVATIVES: .............................................................................................. 22
COURT WILL NEVER TAKE CITIZENS TO ITS EXTREME BECAUSE ITS BOUNDED BY PUBLIC OPINION: ... 23
PRO TEAM HAS NO FAITH IN VOTERS: ........................................................................................................ 24
CITIZENS ALLOWS MORE TIME SPENT W VOTERS: ..................................................................................... 25
IMPOSSIBLE FOR CORPORATE WEALTH TO DROWN OUT ALTERNATIVE SPEECH: .................................. 26

CITIZENS RELIES ON PEOPLE TO THINK CRITICALLY: ................................................................................. 27

CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SYSTEMIC CORRUPTION CAN BE ABIDED: .......................................................... 28
CITIZENS UNITED REVERSED RECENT LAW. WERE POLITICIANS CORRUPT BEFORE 1990? ..................... 29
CITIZENS WAS ALREADY LAW IN 26 STATES AT TIME OF RULING: ........................................................... 30
BIGGER CORRUPTION THREAT COMES FROM LOBBYISTS: ......................................................................... 31
CORPORATIONS:
EXXON WOULD HAVE TO SPEND 1000X MORE ON ADS TO SPEND 1% OF PROFITS: ................................. 32
EVEN IF CORPORATIONS ARE BAD, THEY DESERVE SPEECH: .................................................................... 33
NON-PROFITS LIKE ACLU AND NRA ARE CITIZENS UNTIED CORPORATIONS ........................................... 34
CITIZENS REVERSED LAW THAT TREATED SOME CORPORATIONS UNFAIRLY: ........................................... 35
PUBLIC OPINION WILL LIMIT CORPORATE SPENDING: ............................................................................... 36
CORPORATIONS SHOULD BE CITIZENS:....................................................................................................... 37
DISCLOSURE / TRANSPARENCY:
COURT UPHELD DISCLOSURE TWO TIMES IN CITIZENS: ............................................................................. 38
CITIZENS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DISCLOSURE PROBLEMS: ................................................................ 39
DISCLOSURE IS VERY SAFE POST-CITIZENS: ................................................................................................ 40
CITIZENS UNITED HAS ACTUALLY STRENGTHENED ELECTORAL TRANSPARENCY: ................................... 41
DISCLOSURE FOSTERS CIVIC COURAGE, K2 DEMOCRACY: ........................................................................ 42
CITIZENS LITERALLY SAVED ELECTORAL TRANSPARENCY: ........................................................................ 43
CITIZENS HAS BEEN A HUGE BOON FOR TRANSPARENCY: ......................................................................... 44
MONEY:
MONEY NEEDED TO OVERCOME INCUMBENTS FAVOR: ........................................................................... 45
$ NOT EVERYTHING, 45:1 CORPORATE SPENDING HAS LOST: ................................................................. 46
MORE MONEY MEANS MORE INFORMATION TO VOTERS: ........................................................................ 47
MONEY IN POLITICS CAN BE VERY GOOD: ................................................................................................ 48
CITIZENS HAS BEEN AN ECONOMIC BOON: ................................................................................................ 49
FREE SPEECH:
CITIZENS PREVENTS BOOK-BANNING, UPHOLDS FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOM OF SPEECH: ..................... 50
CITIZENS MERELY CREATED A MARKET FOR POLITICAL SPEECH: ............................................................... 51
HISTORY OF FIRST LAW BANNING CORPORATE SPEECH: ........................................................................... 52
S.C. HAS NEVER REVERSED ON A SPEECH RULING, FEARS ALWAYS OVERBLOWN: ................................. 53
OF COURSE CORPORATIONS HAVE FREE SPEECH: .................................................................................... 54

DECISION DIDNT TREAT MONEY AS SPEECH:............................................................................................. 55

REPEALING CITIZENS WILL BREAK THE CONSTITUTION: ........................................................................... 56
CITIZENS IS A RELATIVELY MINOR EXPANSION OF CORPORATE SPEECH: ................................................ 57
MORE POLITICAL SPEECH IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN LESS: ......................................................................... 58
ANSWERS-TO:
A/T COURT WILL ALLOW FOREIGN SPENDING BASED ON CITIZENS LOGIC: ............................................. 59
A/T LEGAL INCOHERENCE: .......................................................................................................................... 60
A/T ANY END OF OUR DEMOCRACY CLAIMS: ........................................................................................ 61
A/T CORPORATIONS ARE CREATURES OF THE STATE: ................................................................................ 62
A/T REVERSED A CENTURY OF LAW: ........................................................................................................... 63
A/T FOREIGN INFLUENCE ON ELECTIONS: .................................................................................................. 64
A/T ANONYMOUS DONORS: ....................................................................................................................... 65
A/T NEGATIVE ADS: ..................................................................................................................................... 66
A/T UNLIMITED INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS: ................................................................................................. 67
A/T ANY CARD THAT USES SUPER PACs AS A LINK: .................................................................................... 68
A/T CITIZENS WILL LEAD TO ENDING CONTRIBUTION LIMITS: ................................................................... 69
A/T DEMOLISHED THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE SYSTEM: ............................................................................... 70
A/T ARMS RACE: TURN: ENRICHES DIALOGUE:......................................................................................... 71