“A Victory for Free Speech”

David Broder has written this Washington Post column, which begins: “If you believe most of the newspaper editorials and the outraged complaints from self-styled reform groups last week, the Supreme Court opened a huge ‘loophole’ in campaign finance law that will enable corporations and unions to pollute the political process with their ads. It is astonishing to me that a decision grounded in the First Amendment right to address basic public policy questions should be objectionable to people who consider themselves liberal.”

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