Citizens United v. FEC, 558 U.S. 310 (2010)

1. A brief description of the case
2. Identify the regulatory agency and actioninvolved in this case and the action it has taken that has triggered this lawsuit.
3. Identify the key regulatory question before the court arising from this regulation.
4. Who won the case? (Describe the winning party)
5. What was the court's reasoning behind its decision: why did the court rule against the agency or the regulation?
6. What precedent was set by this case: How has the regulatory environment been changed?
7. A political analysis of what the decision by the court has done in terms of the ability of the regulatory agencyto regulate this issue in the future, the discretion remaining for the agency regulate in this area, and the reason why Congress has not taken further action in this area to address the issues raised in the court case?