Showing posts with label Corporate Donations Ban Unconstitutional. Show all posts
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Friday, May 27, 2011

Corporate Donations Ban Unconstitutional, Judge Rules

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A judge has ruled that the campaign-finance law banning corporations from making contributions to federal candidates is unconstitutional, citing the Supreme Court's landmark Citizens United decision last year in his analysis.

In a ruling issued late Thursday, U.S. District Judge James Cacheris tossed out part of an indictment against two men accused of illegally reimbursing donors to Hillary Clinton's Senate and presidential campaigns.