The Washington Post offers this editorial on the Vermont decision, which begins:

At first glance, the Supreme Court’s decision last week striking down Vermont’s campaign finance laws may seem like a defeat for proponents of reasonable regulation of election money. The court voided the toughest contribution limits in the country and refused Vermont’s invitation to reconsider its long-standing hostility toward legal limits on campaign expenditures. In the long run, however, the decision may prove more silver lining than cloud. The Vermont rules never stood much of a chance; they are so strict as to present genuine problems. The important feature of the case is not its specific result but the way the court — and its two newest justices — reached that result. On this point, the decision is promising.