campaign spending

 

The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled on an election finance issue that could alter the landscape of campaigning — again. The court’s 5-4 decision on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission struck down key provisions on and limitations to spending by corporate entities on elections.

 
 

In April, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding the constitutionality of parts of the McCain-Feingold Act, a campaign-spending law passed in 2002. I wrote in an earlier posting about the First Amendment ramifications of campaign-spending laws.

As usual, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia offered the edgiest questioning during oral arguments.