In the 2010 case Citizens United v.Federal Elections Commission, the Supreme Court ruled that the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002's restrictions on corporations' independent expenditures-that is, money spent on candidate or issue advocacy, without being given directly to a campaign-violated their:
A) First Amendment rights to free speech.
B) right to privacy, given the mandate to divulge contributors' names.
C) First Amendment right of association.
D) right to participate in elections.
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