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To: DewDiligence_on_SI who wrote (344216)	1/22/2010 1:10:36 AM
From: Peter Dierks	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) of 793843

A Free Speech Landmark Campaign-finance reform meets the Constitution. JANUARY 22, 2010. Freedom has had its best week in many years. On Tuesday, Massachusetts put a Senate check on a reckless Congress, and yesterday the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision supporting free political speech by overturning some of Congress's more intrusive limits on election spending. In a season of marauding government, the Constitution rides to the rescue one more time. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote yesterday's 5-4 majority opinion in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which considered whether the government could ban a 90-minute documentary called "Hillary: the Movie" that was set to run on cable channels during the 2008 Presidential campaign. Because it was funded by an incorporated group and was less than complimentary of then-Senator Hillary Clinton, the film became a target of campaign-finance limits. The 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Finance Act, aka McCain-Feingold, banned corporations and unions from "electioneering communications" within 30 days of a primary or 60 days of a general election. Yesterday, the Justices rejected that limit on corporate spending as unconstitutional. Corporations are entitled to the same right that individuals have to spend money on political speech for or against a candidate. Justice Kennedy emphasized that laws designed to control money in ... online.wsj.com

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