News Alert: Supreme Court Rejects Campaign Spending Limits

[rich]

John Roberts never met a corporate interest he didn't like

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Thomas Beshear <tbeshear at insightbb.com> wrote:
> Yeah, we're screwed. Bye bye democracy.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "rich" <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Fwd: News Alert: Supreme Court Rejects Campaign Spending Limits
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>> say goodbye to your voice, friend
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>> From: NYTimes.com News Alert <nytdirect at nytimes.com>
>> Date: Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 10:12 AM
>> Subject: News Alert: Supreme Court Rejects Campaign Spending Limits
>> To: richard.romeo at gmail.com
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>> Breaking News Alert
>> The New York Times
>> Thu, January 21, 2010 -- 10:11 AM ET
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>> Supreme Court Rejects Campaign Spending Limits
>>
>> The Supreme Court has ruled that corporations may spend
>> freely to support or oppose candidates for president and
>> Congress, easing decades-old limits on their participation in
>> federal campaigns.
>>
>> The court on Thursday overturned a 20-year-old ruling that
>> said corporations can be prohibited from using money from
>> their general treasuries to pay for campaign ads. The
>> decision almost certainly will also allow labor unions to
>> participate more freely in campaigns and threatens similar
>> limits imposed by 24 states.
>>
>> The justices also struck down part of the landmark
>> McCain-Feingold campaign finance bill that barred union- and
>> corporate-paid issue ads in the closing days of election
>> campaigns.
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>> Read More:
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>> http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/21/us/AP-US-Supreme-Court-Campaign-Finance.html?emc=na
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