Supreme Court May Revisit Citizens United Ruling

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Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer listen to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

In 2010 the United States Supreme Court issued one of its worst rulings in its history.  It opened the door for unlimited campaign funding by mega-corporations.  This was such a wrong-heading decision the president even mentioned it in his State of the Union address.

Now, however there is a slim possibility that the court may take another look at it:

The Supreme Court on Friday blocked a Montana Supreme Court ruling against corporate campaign funding, appearing once again to support the unlimited corporate spending it allowed with the Citizens United case of 2010. But maybe not?

Comments in Friday’s order by justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer hint that they’re unhappy with the results of that infamous case, reports the Washington Post.

The results of Montana and elsewhere “make it exceedingly difficult to maintain that independent expenditures by corporations ‘do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption,’” wrote Ginsburg, who, along with Breyer, was in the minority opinion on Citizens United. The Supreme Court could simply overturn the Montana Court, and it has no timeline to respond. But the Montana case “will give the Court an opportunity to consider whether, in light of the huge sums currently deployed to buy candidates’ allegiance, Citizens United should continue to hold sway,” Ginsburg wrote.

By Mark Russell,  Newser Staff
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Peter Lake

Peter Lake hails from the Midwest, but is now living in Germany. He is a professional writer who spent many years honing his craft at a well known newspaper. Peter originally sent an article to us through the citizen journalist program and decided to stay. We are glad he did.
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Bill Formby
12 years ago

One can only hope that reasoned minds will prevail this time around, Peter.

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