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Will SCOTUS let the 22 states with state laws barring corporate political spending keep their laws?

or will the Supreme Court expand Citizens United ruling and still maintain there is no reasonable expectation of corruption even in the face of factual history of such?Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock argues that political corruption in the Copper King era led to the state ban on corporate campaign spending. A clarification of Citizens United is needed to make clear that states can block certain political spending in the interest of limiting corruption, he said.

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There is obviously a conflict of interest when a public sector union donates to politicians that negotiate government contracts with that same public sector union. - Yes, just like how big business lobbies politicians to make laws that make it easier for them to get away with stuff.

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