Judge: Corporate donations ban unconstitutional

MATTHEW BARAKAT
Associated Press
May 27, 2011

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.

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This article was posted: Friday, May 27, 2011 at 10:57 am

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