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The Supreme Court Might Actually Simplify Campaign Finance
Latest campaign? To win changes in campaign finance law.
Photographer: Gaelen Morse/Getty Images North AmericaIf Tuesday’s oral argument is any indication, the US Supreme Court is likely to strike down another piece of federal campaign finance law. But ignore the scary headlines. Despite all the talk of gutting and eviscerating, a ruling for the petitioners in Republican National Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission won’t bring down any more of the sky than has tumbled already.
And if it doesn’t make things brighter, at least it will make them a bit simpler.