Recall that the Citizens United case hinged on the fact that a 501(c)(4)
corporation produced a movie that had a political purpose, in this case
a documentary "Hillary: The Movie" that was intended to highlight Mrs.
Clinton's shortcomings at a time when she was running for president.
I subscribe to some liberal sites, and as a result get regular emails from them. I recently received an email from PublicCitizen.org. Now, PublicCitizen.org is also a 501(c)(4), who's primary purpose lately seems to be opposing the ruling handed down in the Citizens United case.
The email from Public Citizen was urging me to donate money to support their production of a documentary that highlights how bad the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United was.
That's right: a 501(c)(4) corporation made a movie with the express political purpose of protesting the Supreme Court decision that a 501(c)(4) corporation could make a movie with an express political purpose!
Quote from the email "Support Public Citizen’s fight against runaway corporate power with a contribution of $40 or more today and get your own copy of “The Story of Citizens United” on DVD."
As for the notion of "runaway corporate power" it doesn't exist (yet?). We've seen in the spending profiles at OpenSecrets.org that corporate spending comes in way behind unions in that regard.
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