The High Court in a 5-to-4 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commision ruled that the government may not ban political spending by corporations in candidate elections.
The Supreme Court has ruled that corporations may spend freely to support or oppose candidates... easing decades-old limits on their participation in federal campaigns.
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The justices in the majority brushed aside warnings about what might follow from their ruling in favor of a formal but fervent embrace of a broad interpretation of free speech rights.
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