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  • Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court about campaign finance law, in which the Court held that laws restricting the political spending of corporations and labor unions are inconsistent with the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Citizens United in a 5-4 decision, with Justice Anthony Kennedy writing the majority opinion. All Democratic-appointed justices dissented.

    From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC

    I am not a lawyer but as I understand the issue the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that money = speech, and since there is no point at which an authority can say “You’ve spoken long enough”, there is no point at which an authority can say “You’ve spent enough.” In public city council meetings people do get arrested if they speak considerably longer than the allowed time limit.