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September 6, 2012

Appeals Court Blocks Minnesota Law Tracking Companies' Political Spending 
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A federal appeals court has blocked a Minnesota law that requires
corporations to disclose the money they spend on political campaigns.
The measure forces companies to set up and keep track of a political
fund if they spend more than $100 a year on political speech. But on
Wednesday, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis ruled in a
6-to-5 decision that the law likely violates the Supreme Court's
Citizens United ruling allowing unlimited spending to influence
elections.

 

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