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NEWS 2/4/10 6:00pm

Free political spending taints campaigns

Is it constitutional to limit corporations' spending on presidential and congressional campaigns? This is one of the fundamental questions of federal campaign finance laws. It is a decades-old question and has generated much debate and rancor.On Jan. 21, the Supreme Court provided a firm answer, and with a 5-4 vote declared, "No."