Update: Obama vows 'forceful response'
The US Supreme Court on Thursday lifted a 20-year ruling which had set limits on campaign financing by US businesses, and critics, including nonpartisan watchdogs and Congressional Democrats, are up in arms about the decision, which most had feared for a long time. Meanwhile, aside from Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Republicans appear to be gleeful about their second apparent victory of the week.
The nine justices ruled that American corporations could dip freely into their general funds to finance campaign ads either in support or against a particular political candidate.
The move overturns a ruling made two decades ago which had forced companies to only use specially earmarked funds from a political action committee.
rest at http://rawstory.com/2010/01/critics-destructive-supreme-court-decision-empowers-corruption/
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