# So long campaign finance reform

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**Category:** PolitiSUCK\
**Created:** [January 21, 2010, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-campaign-finance-reform/78462 "2010-01-21T07:41:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-campaign-finance-reform/78462/1 "2010-01-21T07:41:50Z")

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Ugh, this is bad news.

> **[Supreme Court Removes Limits on Corporate, Labor Donations to Campaigns](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/21/supreme-court-sides-hillary-movie-filmmakers-campaign-money-dispute.html)**
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> In a stunning reversal of the nation's federal campaign finance laws, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Thursday that free-speech rights permit groups like corporations and labor unions to directly spend on political campaigns, prompting the White House to...

[http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/21/campaign.finance.ruling/index.html?hpt=T1](http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/21/campaign.finance.ruling/index.html?hpt=T1)

I understand how they reached the opinion that it’s protected speech but it still sucks knowing these corporations, unions and special interest groups are going to get the green light to spend as much as they want on political advertising. Sometimes the Bill of Rights really does get in the way of common sense.

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**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-campaign-finance-reform/78462/2 "2010-01-21T07:43:44Z")

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The conservative bloc strikes again, 5-4 :rolljerk:

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**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-campaign-finance-reform/78462/3 "2010-01-21T08:14:03Z")

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> [@Joe](#):
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> The conservative bloc strikes again, 5-4 :rolljerk:

I’ll still take strict interpretation vs legislating from the bench any day, but yeah, this one sucks. It’s like watching the KKK, Obama’s ex-pastor or 9/11 truthers preach hate and ignorance while hiding behind the 1st amendment.

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**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-campaign-finance-reform/78462/4 "2010-01-21T08:17:02Z")

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It’s OK, I agreed with the conservatives striking down the DC handgun ban so we’re even.