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Supreme Court to consider limits on individual political contributions

February 19, 2013
Washinton Post

By Robert Barnes

The Supreme Court reentered the controversial field of campaign finance Tuesday, agreeing to consider a Republican challenge to decades-old limits on the total amount a person can contribute to candidates, political parties and political action committees.

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Class war at the Supreme Court

June 26, 2012
Washington Post

 By Harold Meyerson

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Supreme Court’s Montana decision strengthens Citizens United

June 25, 2012
Washington Post

Two justices suggest Citizens United ruling should be reconsidered in Montana case

February 17, 2012
Washington Post
By Robert Barnes
 
 
Two Supreme Court justices suggested Friday that the court reconsider its co

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Supreme Court's continuing defense of the powerful

July 1, 2011
Chicago Tribune

By E.J. Dionne

The U.S. Supreme Court now sees its central task as comforting the already comfortable and afflicting those already afflicted.

If you are a large corporation or a political candidate backed by lots of private money, be assured that the court's conservative majority will be there for you, solicitous of your needs and ready to swat away those pesky little people who dare to contest your power.

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Supreme Court strikes Arizona’s ‘matching funds’ for publicly financed candidates

June 27, 2011
Washington Post

 

By Robert Barnes

The Supreme Court on Monday struck down part of Arizona’s public campaign finance law, the latest in a series of its rulings holding that the right of political speech trumps government efforts to restrain the power of money in elections.

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The First Amendment, Upside Down (Editorial)

June 27, 2011
New York Times

 The Supreme Court decision striking down public matching funds in Arizona’s campaign finance system is a serious setback for American democracy. The opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. in Monday’s 5-to-4 decision shows again the conservative majority’s contempt for campaign finance laws that aim to provide some balance to the unlimited amounts of money flooding the political system.

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Supreme Court quashes another campaign finance law

June 28, 2011
LA Times

 By David G. Savage

The Supreme Court, sharply divided along ideological lines, struck down part of an Arizona campaign funding law, ruling that states and cities may not seek to "level the playing field" by giving extra public funds to candidates who agree to abide by spending limits.

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Campaign Funding Measure in Arizona Overturned

June 28, 2011
Wall Street Journal

By Jess Bravin and Brent Kendall

A sharply divided Supreme Court on Monday ruled unconstitutional an Arizona campaign-finance law that offered extra public funding to state political candidates who faced well-heeled opponents.

The court's conservative majority, in an opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts, added to a string of 5-4 votes invalidating campaign finance regulations, including last year's landmark Citizens United decision that struck down decades-old laws limiting corporate and union political spending.

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