Making graft legal. Woe are we.
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Harry Veeder <[email protected]> wrote: > US Supreme Court lifts campaign finance limits > > By Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington > Published: January 21 2010 17:08 | Last updated: January 21 2010 17:08 > > > In a sweeping decision that will change the face of the 2010 US mid-term > election and beyond, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision on > Thursday to lift limits on corporate spending in campaigns. > > The long-awaited decision is expected to open the floodgates on corporate > money in elections, reversing restrictions that have been in place > since the 1940s that prohibited corporations from buying campaign ads > from their own treasuries. It also reversed rules that prevented > corporations from explicitly supporting candidates in campaign ads... > > http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f17287a0-06aa-11df-b426-00144feabdc0.html > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! > > http://www.flickr.com/gift/ > >
