The Washington Post offers this report, which begins: “In June, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and a bare majority of his colleagues blew up a key provision of the campaign finance overhaul that Congress passed in 2002. Now the Federal Election Commission has begun to piece together the fragments that remain to answer this question: What can issue-oriented political ads that are paid for with corporate or union cash say before they become a clear appeal to vote for or against a presidential or congressional candidate?”
The article discusses a debate I’ve had with Bob Bauer on the meaning of the plurality opinion of the Supreme Court in FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life. I’ve set out my position in this draft article. Bob Bauer commented on the article in posts here and here (the now infamous “Call Rick Hasen” post).