Meta announced the launch of the American Technology Excellence Project, its second super PAC in a month, pledging tens of millions of dollars to elect ’tech-friendly politicians’ from both parties in the 2026 midterms. The PAC—run by Republican operative Brian Baker and Democratic …
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DC Circuit Court of Appeals rules that independent expenditure committees can accept unlimited contributions from individuals and corporations, directly applying Citizens United reasoning to create modern Super PACs
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The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issues its decision in SpeechNow.org v. FEC, creating what become known as “super PACs” by allowing unlimited contributions to independent expenditure committees. Building directly on the Supreme Court’s Citizens United logic from just two months …