In January 2010, the Supreme Court struck sections of McCain – Feingold down which limited activity of corporations, saying, " If the First Amendment has any force, it prohibits Congress from fining or jailing citizens, or associations of citizens, for simply engaging in political speech .” Specifically, Citizens United struck down campaign financing laws related to corporations and unions ; law previously banned the broadcast, cable or satellite transmission of " electioneering communications " paid for by corporations in the 30 days before a presidential primary and in the 60 days before the general election.

Citizens ’ groups, religious associations, an environmental health coalition and a fisherfolk alliance, had asked Paje to stop the construction of the 44-hectare landfill in Barangay Salambao in Obando.

Twelve neighborhood associations form the Lake View Citizens ' Council ( LVCC ):

* The first performance of Robert McLellan's play Mary Stewart at the Glasgow Citizens Theatre.

A play of the same name, written by Adrian Jackson and Farhana Sheikh, was first staged by Cardboard Citizens in 2001 in the old Hartley's Jam factory in Southwark.

Cardboard Citizens deals with issues surrounding homelessness, and the play examined identity, together with Major Martin's quest to find out who he was.

: Noon on Doomsday finally went on the air several months later, but in a welter of publicity that came from some 15, 000 letters and wires from White Citizens Councils and the like protesting the production of the play.

On September 1, 2004, Ryan Howard became the first former BlueClaw to play in the major leagues, playing first base for the Phillies in a 7-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves at Citizens Bank Park.

On May 11, 2006, in the first inning of a game versus the New York Mets, Rowand made a spectacular play by smashing into the center field fence of Citizens Bank Park face first at full speed in order to run down a deep fly ball off the bat of Xavier Nady with the bases loaded, that would otherwise have scored three runs.

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg is a 1967 play by English playwright Peter Nichols, first staged at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland before transferring to London's West End theatres in 1968.

In October 2011 the Citizens Theatre will once again stage the play that premiered there in 1967, with Miriam Margolyes confirmed in the cast.

he wrote his first play, A Masque of Summer, which was presented at the Glasgow Citizens ' Theatre.

Previous Citizens productions directed by Raison include Thérèse Raquin, Baby Doll, A Handful of Dust, Desire Under the Elms and Ghosts ( play ) as well as Scottish classics The Bevellers, No Mean City and his own adaptation of The Sound of My Voice based on the novel by Ron Butlin.

During the long period from the 1970s to the 1990s, the Citizens was associated with innovative play selections and stagings by Giles Havergal, Philip Prowse and Robert David MacDonald.

In an important assertion of national leadership in this field, he has issued an executive order establishing the President's committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Crime, to be supported and assisted by a Citizens Advisory Council of recognized authorities on juvenile problems.

It was addressed to " The Mayors ; The City Manager ; The City Transit Engineer ; The members of The Committee on Mass-Transportation and The Tax-Payers and The Riding Citizens of Your Community " and began, " This is an urgent warning to each and every one of you that there is a careful, deliberately planned campaign to swindle you out of your most important and valuable public utilities – your Electric Railway System ".

In the " Jayamangala " of Yashodhara, an important twelfth-century commentary on the Kama Sutra, it is also stated: " Citizens with this kind of homosexual inclination, who renounce women and can do without them willingly because they love one another, get married together, bound by a deep and trusting friendship.

During the deciding Game 5 of the 2011 National League Division Series, Lauren Hart ( the daughter of Hockey Hall of Fame broadcaster Gene Hart ) appeared at Citizens Bank Park to sing God Bless America during the seventh-inning stretch as she had become a fixture at Philadelphia Flyers games singing that song in duet with Kate Smith as the Flyers ' good-luck charm before important games, with the hope that Hart would also bring that luck to the Philadelphia Phillies as well.

Punchy is sometimes shown on the scoreboard at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia after outfielder Shane Victorino ( a native of Hawaii ) makes an important hit.

The town's community owned and operated hotel has funded many important public facilities, including the Senior Citizens ' Club, the swimming pool, the kindergarten and recreation areas.

" The Citizens Theatre is probably more important as part of Britain's heritage than perhaps many imagined.

Citizens defending their property undoubtedly played a major role.

On October 2, 2006, in reaction to revelations of a GOP cover-up of inappropriate communications between Congressman Mark Foley and teenage pages, Citizens United president David Bossie called on Dennis Hastert to resign over his role in covering up the scandal.

However, in his book, " Horace Mann's Troubling Legacy: The Education of Democratic Citizens ," Bob Pepperman Taylor argues that Mann's view of civic education marginalized the role of schools in training the intellect, and links him to anti-intellectualism in American education.

" In 2004, the Citizens ' Debate Commission was formed in the hope of establishing an independent sponsor for presidential debates, with a more voter-centric role in the definition of the participants, format, and rules.

He got his first acting role at the Citizens ' Theatre as an understudy in the Christmas Panto playing a polar bear.

His performances as Torquato Tasso in the Edinburgh International Festival production of Torquato Tasso, and Creon in the Citizens ' Theatre production of Oedipus earned him a special commendation for the Ian Charleson Award 1995 for outstanding performance by a young actor in a classical theatre role.

For example, 1876 Straight University Law School graduate, Louis André Martinet, published The Crusader -- a civil rights daily, co-founded the Comité des Citoyens ( Citizens ' Committee ), and played a significant role in the Plessy v. Ferguson landmark Supreme Court case.

For example, 1876 Straight University Law School graduate, Louis André Martinet, published The Crusader -- a civil rights daily, co-founded the Comité des Citoyens ( Citizens ' Committee ), and played a significant role in the Plessy v. Ferguson landmark Supreme Court case.

Mr Williams acknowledged the cooperation received from Mr. Duprey and the CL Financial Group, recognized First Citizens Bank for its role, cautioned the entire financial sector to " let competition take a back seat " and support the Government in keeping Clico as a functioning entity, and called for the support of the community of depositors and policyholders.

His recent book, " The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation " ( Stanford University Press, 2008 ), examines the role of media spectacles in helping shape how Latinos are constructed as a threat to the nation and for undermining claims of citizenship.

Ian Michael Roberts ( born July 29, 1965 ) is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for playing the role of choreographer Sparky Polastri in the film Bring It On and for being a founding member of the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch comedy troupe.

He became a vice-chairman of the Irish Citizens Army when it was established in 1913 on the basis that it would have a strictly defensive role and he resigned when it became a military entity.

After four successful years, Hollands is expected to assume a new role leading the Citizens Theatre company's creative learning portfolio in early 2011.

His other films include the 1985 comedy film Moving Violations ( playing the role of Scott Greeber ) and the 1987 comedy film Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol.

Citizens of a totalitarian democratic state, even when aware of their true powerlessness, may support their government.

The Liberal Reformist Party ( PRL ) and the regionalist Francophone Democratic Federalists ( FDF ) started the alliance in 1993, and were joined in 1998 by the progressive Christian democratic Citizens ' Movement for Change ( MCC ).

The Progressive Citizens ' Party in Liechtenstein (, FBP ) is a centre-right, conservative and Christian democratic political party in Liechtenstein.

The organization's proposed union, limited to democratic nations, is in contrast to that of Citizens for Global Solutions and other world federalist groups that seek to establish an immediate worldwide federation.

The Solidarity Citizens ' Committee ( Komitet Obywatelski " Solidarność ", acronym KO " S "), also known as " Citizens ' Electoral Committee " ( Obywatelski Komitet Wyborczy ), previously named " Citizens ' Committee with Lech Wałęsa " ( Komitet Obywatelski przy Lechu Wałęsie ) was an ( initially semi -) legal political organisation of the democratic opposition in communist Poland.

In response to this, the centrist and Christian democratic faction, which favoured Christian democrat Tadeusz Mazowiecki as president, decided to establish the Citizens Movement ' Democratic Action '.

Citizens of democracies include citizens of other democratic states in the ingroup ; the elites of oligarchies include the elites of other oligarchies in the ingroup.