campaign spending
Feb
2
2010
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.
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May
15
2008
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.
