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A Victory for Free Speech or More of the McCain?

By Sam Batkins
Thursday, September 10 2009

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission. Rarely has a 90-minute argument meant so much for the cause of free speech. In fact, a “proper” disposition of the case could sweep McCain-Feingold’s anti-free speech legislation where it belongs, into the dustbin of history. The oral argument this week is actually the second time the Supreme Court has heard the case this year. The difference this time, however, was that the Court asked the parties to address the constitutionality of McCain-Feingold’s…

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