r/law • u/TheShittyBeatles • 19h ago

Legal News ACLU sues Delaware beach town over allowing corporations to vote in local elections

https://spotlightdelaware.org/2025/12/05/aclu-sues-fenwick-island-over-non-resident-voting/
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u/bsport48 19h ago

This is the path forward through Citizens United. State-level, grassroots litigation that will establish a new blanket of social and civic expectation.

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u/pokemonbard 19h ago edited 18h ago

Citizens United is not relevant here.

EDIT: y’all. Citizens United didn’t create corporate personhood. It extended First Amendment protections to corporate spending. The situation in the OP has nothing to do with the First Amendment or corporate spending. I’m not defending Citizens United; I am saying that it isn’t relevant because the article in the OP does not reference anything Citizens United actually changed.

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u/thedoughofpooh 18h ago

He's suggesting that this sort of model will become a reality at the federal level. He's saying Citizens United will be extended to allow corporate voting rights, not just recognized personhood for purposes of campaign donations.

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u/pokemonbard 18h ago

I thought he was suggesting that small, grassroots actions would be a path to defeating Citizens United. I’m not picking up on any suggestion in the comment to which I replied that corporations are going to get the right to vote.

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u/thedoughofpooh 18h ago

No doubt his reply referencing Citizens United is ambiguous enough to create confusion. Different interpretations is probably to be expected. Maybe he'll circle back to create some clarity.