Waiting on Pins and Needles
The U.S. Supreme Court's impending decision on Citizens United v. FEC has left campaign finance reform groups anxiously awaiting a decision, reports The Washington Post. "The sense of impending doom is evident in the tide of news releases on the topic in recent months. The decision could 'open the door to the corrupting influence that would flow from such expenditures,' said a joint release issued Tuesday by the Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause, Democracy 21 and Public Campaign. "'There is great fear that the court will strike a serious blow against American democracy,' said Ben Manski, executive director of the Liberty Tree Foundation of Madison, Wis., which helped create the Move to Amend site. 'There are reasons to be very concerned.'"Click here to read the full article.