By Dan Morain | The Sacramento Bee
2 Nov 2010
Campaign 2010 is noteworthy for many things: the influence of tea partiers; dismay at President Barack Obama and incumbents; fear about our nation's future. But most remarkable has been the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision issued at the start of the year that opened wide the spigots of corporate money flooding into this year's election.
The 5-4 decision in Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission handed Republican strategists something they long sought, the ability to raise unlimited money from corporations.
Worse, the high court decision permits many of the organizations to forever hide the identities of their funders, while other groups easily can delay identifying their donors until after votes are cast.
Read more:
