"High court strikes down another law on campaign funds; But ruling doesn’t attack the notion of public financing" by Mark Sherman, Associated Press / June 28, 2011
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court imposed new limits yesterday on states trying to restrain the influence of money in politics, striking down a law that tied the amount of public funds a candidate receives to spending by his or her rivals.
The 5-to-4 ruling was the latest in a series of decisions by the court’s conservative majority upending campaign finance laws....
Among those were a decision last year in a suit by Citizens United that removed most limits on election spending by corporations and organized labor, and a 2008 decision that voided the federal “millionaire’s amendment’’ to increase contribution limits for congressional candidates facing wealthy opponents....
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