Bigger role for big money in U.S. politics (News-Tribune)

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THE NEWS TRIBUNE
Published: 01/24/10 12:05 am

... Radio and television aren’t saturated enough with vicious hit jobs on the candidates they oppose? ...

The court’s five-member conservative majority overturned major precedents, a key provision of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill, and much of a 63-year-old law that barred companies and unions from raiding their general treasuries to mount media blitzes for or against specific candidates.

And just in time for this year’s congressional elections. Expect moneyed interests to play an even bigger role in the looming political battles than they had in the past ...

The corporation-as-person idea is fundamental in the business world. But that’s an artifact of commercial law. The Constitution doesn’t demand that the principle be extended so broadly into the political arena ...

http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/story/1041843.html

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