Supreme Court overturns campaign finance law

By David Montgomery
Published/Last Modified on Thursday, Jan 21, 2010 - 09:37:42 am CST

Huge news from the Supreme Court this morning: in a 5-4 decision the court ruled that corporations (and probably labor unions) can spend freely on political advertisements from their general fund rather than having to set up political action committees.

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caheidelberger wrote on Jan 21, 2010 10:53 AM:

" Uh oh! Well, I suppose the only proper response from management and labor alike is... game on? "

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