Supreme Court Declines Case on Corporate Campaign Contributions
Won't take case on century-old ban
The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up a case testing whether a century-long ban on political contributions to candidates from corporations violates corporations' freedom of speech.
The action came without comment by the justices.
At issue in the case was a section of federal election law that permits contributions of up to $2,500 from individuals, partnerships, and limited liability companies. But campaign-finance laws ban the same amount when coming from a corporate treasury.
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