It all started with a movie about Hilary Clinton.   In 2008  a conservative group called Citizens United created a movie entitled “Hillary: The Movie,” as part of an effort to damage the prospects of Hilary Clinton’s election to the Presidency.  They had planned a major rollout of the film during the Democratic Primaries of 2008, but the Federal Election Commission sued to stop them, relying on the guidance against corporate-funded communications during the election cycle that was passed by Congress in the McCain-Feingold bill.

a 90-minute stew of caustic political commentary and advocacy journalism. It was produced by Citizens United, a conservative nonprofit corporation, and was released during the Democratic presidential primaries in 2008.   The Supreme Court now has ruled that those restrictions are unconstitutional, turning over two major precedents that allowed the regulation of corporate “speech”.

Here’s Larry Lessig’s response to the court advocating a new piece of Congressional legislation.

Leading companies should proactively recuse themselves from increasing their political spending.  They should specify they they will provide no direct funding of candidates (beyond existing PAC limits).