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You are correct about the letter of the law. The Supreme Court disagreed in Citizens United v. FEC and ruled that the government cannot restrain corporations from making independent expenditures for political campaigns. It definitely applies to 501c4 orgs, as Citizens United itself is one!

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Don't disagree - the "dark money" c4's have (ironically) been a complaint on the left for a while.

That said, this is still a real shift for the ACLU - this type of campaigning is not something they historically really did. So the push to actively campaign more is newish for them.

It's def where the money is though - the MAGA orgs, the NRA, the ACLU - in some ways they are just following the money.

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