According to the federal appeals court, expenditures "do not pose a threat of actual or apparent quid pro quo corruption..." Amazingly, and intentionally, naive. As adults, we all know better than that. But Citizens United and the conservative activist Supreme Court Justices gave that very reason with a straight face, and now we're stuck with it.
jsonline: A federal appeals court on Monday struck down a Wisconsin law that set limits on contributions to groups that independently spend on political speech. The appeal was brought by the political action committee of Wisconsin Right to Life, which earlier won a temporary injunction against enforcing the law in question during recall elections earlier this year.
"Citizens United held that independent expenditures do not pose a threat of actual or apparent quid pro quo corruption, which is the only governmental interest strong enough to justify restrictions on political speech," Judge Diane Sykes wrote for the panel.
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