I'm going to be making like one soon and vanishing so enjoy:
"State campaign finance law faces legal challenge; Labor has unfair edge, group says" by David Scharfenberg, Globe Staff February 25, 2015
A conservative legal group filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the state’s century-old ban on corporate contributions to political candidates, and injecting new life into a long-running debate over the influence of special interests in Massachusetts politics.
The Goldwater Institute, a Phoenix-based organization with growing national ambitions, argues that the law infringes on the free-speech rights of businesses and puts corporations at a sharp disadvantage in their political skirmishes with organized labor.
State rules allow unions to donate up to $15,000 to an individual candidate.
“It’s about equality and fairness,” said Jim Manley, a senior attorney with the Goldwater Institute.
Observers are split on how the case might fare in the state courts or — if it gets there — the US Supreme Court, whose Citizens United decision helped open the gates to corporate spending in politics....
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