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Home / AG says Ruling Invalidates State Campaign Finance LawAG says Ruling Invalidates State Campaign Finance Law
Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 August 2010 12:24 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 10 August 2010 12:24
From Wisconsin State Journal:
Wisconsin’s attorney general says a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned federal prohibitions on corporations’ campaign spending invalidates similar state statutes.
Republican J.B. Van Hollen issued a formal opinion Monday on the effects of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United vs. FEC earlier this year. In that decision, the court ruled 5-4 to overturn parts of a decades-old law prohibiting companies and unions from using their general treasuries to pay for campaign ads urging the election or defeat of specific candidates.