Supreme Court Rolls Back Corporate Campaign Spending Limits

Posted by timothy on Thursday January 21, 2010 @08:34AM from the hearken-to-the-nelson-laugh dept.

lorenlal writes "The Supreme Court of the United States must have figured that restrictions on corporate support of candidates was a violation of free speech, or something like that." From the AP story linked above: "By a 5-4 vote, 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, which almost certainly will also allow labor unions to participate more freely in campaigns, threatens similar limits imposed by 24 states."

2 of 1,070 comments (clear)

Min score:

Reason:

Sort:

Re:Bad, bad news by Captain+Splendid · 2010-01-21 08:46 · Score: 1, Flamebait

So The Conservatives get huge funding from Corporations and jesus freaks.
The Liberals get huge funding from Corporations and Unions.

Fixed that for you.

--
Linux, you magnificent bastard, I read the fucking manual!
Re:Bad, bad news by commodoresloat · 2010-01-21 09:41 · Score: 1, Flamebait

What the fuck? You're the only idiot who mentioned Nancy Pelosi.