Court allows issue ads near elections - Yahoo! News:
"The Supreme Court loosened restrictions Monday on corporate- and union-funded television ads that air close to elections, weakening a key provision of a landmark campaign finance law.
The court, split 5-4, upheld an appeals court ruling that an anti-abortion group should have been allowed to air ads during the final two months before the 2004 elections. The law unreasonably limits speech and violates the group's First Amendment rights, the court said. "
This some of the legacy of the McCain Feingold law that limits our political speech 60 days before an election (in other words before people start paying attention . . .) - one of the reasons I'm not likely to vote for him in any future elections.
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