World History, Culture, and Geography
Totalitarianism
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Secret Police
How does the passage show elements of totalitarian
rule?
"Well, Stalin was much like a god for everybody. And all
of his words were the last word on any subject. You
couldn't even think that it wasn't right. One did not doubt
it at the time. Every decision that was made was correct.
That wasn't only my opinion - we were all thinking like
that. We were building Communism. We were obeying
orders. We believed."
-Nikolai Dyukarev
It shows a charismatic leader who has absolute
authority
It shows a secret police officer who is questioning
authority.
It shows a charismatic leader who is taking power
from a secret police force.
It shows a secret police officer who has the ability to
make his own decisions.

citizens united v. federal election commission, case in which the u.s. supreme court on january 21, 2010, ruled (5–4) that laws that prevented corporations and unions from using their general treasury funds for independent “electioneering communications” (political advertising) violated the first amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech. in so doing the court invalidated section 203 of the federal bipartisan campaign reform act of 2002 (bcra)—also known as the mccain-feingold act for its sponsors, sen. john mccain and sen. russ feingold—as well as section 441(b) of the federal election campaign act of 1971 (feca), which the bcra had amended. the court also overturned in whole or in part two previous supreme court rulings: austin v. michigan chamber of commerce (1990) and mcconnell v. federal election commission (2003).

immediately perceived as historically important, the decision generated intense controversy outside the court. some hailed it as a resounding victory for freedom of speech, while others criticized it as an overreaching attempt to rewrite campaign finance law. among the critics was pres. barack obama, who remarked in his state of the union address in the house of representatives one week later that the decision would “open the floodgates for special interests…to spend without limit in our elections.” his criticism provoked one of the supreme court justices in attendance, samuel a. alito, to break decorum by mouthing the words “not true.”

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congress passed laws allowing for free passage between states.