The post-Citizens United system moves in the opposite direction. It takes money that begins in private, passes it through structures most voters never see, and turns it into public persuasion with a name that may disclose almost nothing.
That is why the Hawaii law belongs at the beginning and the end of the story. It is not only another campaign-finance reform. It is a challenge to the order of the argument. Before the Court asks whether the corporation may speak, Hawaii asks who created the speaker.
The state created the artificial person. The state granted the privileges. Now Hawaii is asking whether it ever had to hand over the voice.
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