Courts issue key rulings on campaign spending, federal ban can remain in place

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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/26/courts-issue-key-rulings-on-campaign-spending/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%20%3Cimg%20src&fbid=uKKzBbg7zlQ

A federal ban on "soft money" campaign donations to political parties can remain in place, a special federal court panel ruled Friday.

The decision preserves a key provision of the McCain-Feingold campaign reform act, which limits contributions to national, state, and local political parties. The case is likely to reach the Supreme Court in coming months.

In a separate and equally important court ruling, the federal government is still prevented from limiting donations to independent political groups.

These are the first two court rulings on campaign spending since a landmark Supreme Court decision on corporate campaign spending in January.


Court refuses to lift 'soft-money' ban
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/03/26/Court-refuses-to-lift-soft-money-ban/UPI-39621269629252/

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100326/ap_on_go_su_co/us_campaign_finance_4