"Congress Shall Make No Law ... Abridging the Freedom of Speech."

Contact: Demi Bardsley, Concerned Women for America, 202-488-7000 ext 1020

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 /Christian Newswire/ -- Today, the United States Supreme Court handed down its opinion in Citizens United v. FCC, voting 5-4 to stand by the Constitution and protect our First Amendment right to free speech.   Justice Kennedy, writing for the Court, said, "We find no basis for the proposition that, in the context of political speech, the Government may impose restrictions on certain disfavored speakers."

Penny Young Nance, Concerned Women for America's (CWA) Chief Executive Officer, said, "The Court correctly concluded that judges should stop playing semantics with our Constitution and read the text as it is written.  The government should not be limiting political speech because someone is rich or poor, or because they disagree with a particular point of view.  Americans are the real winners today.  Further, I recall upon the passage of the legislation that Members of Congress openly admitted voting in favor of the McCain-Feingold knowing it was unconstitutional.  Those days have to end."

CWA President Wendy Wright said, "CWA joined an Amicus brief asking the Court to overrule these laws that serve only to chill political speech and open the door for those in power to choose favorites.  We applaud the Court for listening to the voices of millions of Americans who believe in those foundational principles embodied by the First Amendment.

"We hope this is just the first in a series of steps to reclaim the ideals our Founders believed in when they fought and died to establish a country where we can be truly free to speak and worship our God without government interference."

Concerned Women for America is the nation's largest public policy women's organization.