Montana campaign ruling on hold

[DippyDem]

http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/02/montana-campaign-ruling-on-hold/#more-139121

....With two Justices suggesting that the Supreme Court should now reconsider its controversial campaign finance ruling of two years ago, the Court on Friday put on hold a Montana Supreme Court decision which had upheld a law against heavy spending by corporations on politics. The postponement will last until the Court takes final action on a coming appeal by challengers to the law. The stay order is here. The Court, however, has not yet granted review of the case.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, joined by Justice Stephen G. Breyer, also supported the delay, but said that the case “will give the Court an opportunity to consider whether, in light of the huge sums currently deployed to buy candidates’ allegiance, Citizens United [v. Federal Election Commission] should continue to hold sway.” It is unclear at this point whether any of the other Justices see the Montana case that way, and it would take five votes for the Court to modify or pare down the scope of the Citizen United decision. Five votes were required to impose the stay, but that is no indication how the Justices would vote when a final decision was at hand.
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Let's hope Citizens United gets reconsidered!!