Q&A on CAP’s Plan To Beat Citizens United

CAP Senior Fellow Tom Moore answers questions from TikTok users about how states can reclaim their authority to get corporations and dark money groups out of politics.

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The Corporate Power Reset

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Viewers bring tough questions about the Citizens United decision and state authority over corporations. Tom Moore, author of the Center for American Progress’ new report, explains why this approach is not regulation but redefinition—states declining to grant political spending powers to the corporations they create. The answers show how one state’s action can stop both in-state and out-of-state corporations from pouring money into its politics.

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Tom Moore

Senior Fellow, Democracy and Government

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The Corporate Power Reset

SeriesMay 8, 2026

The Corporate Power Reset

This series is dedicated to CAP’s legal strategy to drain corporate and dark money from American politics.

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