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Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Campaign Finance Case: Are Limits on Corporate Funding of Election Ads About to Fall?

By James A. Kahl, Lawrence H. Norton, Gregg P. Skall

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The Supreme Court heard arguments last week in Citizens United v. FEC, which began as an unremarkable case about an obscure advocacy group and its movie about Hillary Clinton, and has mushroomed into one of the most important campaign finance cases in history. A ruling in the next few months could overturn longstanding federal and state laws that ban independent election spending by corporations and unions. The case would not, however, affect restrictions on corporate contributions to candidates read more

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