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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Courts - "Secret Cash Dominates in State Court Races"
Tim Jones of Bloomberg Businessweek has this story. A quote:
In the 39 states that elect judges, the funding of campaigns for spots on the bench is becoming more opaque. The trend resembles what is going on in federal political races as a result of the January 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission. That decision, which applies to federal election law, lifted certain restrictions on political spending by corporations and labor unions.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on May 17, 2011 03:45 PM
Posted to Courts in general