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SCOTUS Rules Campaign Donation Restriction Unconstitutional, Scott Brown To Make NH Senate Run Official, Ted Cruz Says Religious Freedom is Under Assault: P.M. Links

Matthew Feeney | 4.2.2014 4:30 PM

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  • The Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that limits on total campaign contributions to PACs, candidates, and political parties are unconstitutional. Lobbyists are not happy about the decision. 
  • Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has described Russia's annexation of Crimea as a "tragedy" and says he wants to see the Black Sea peninsula be part of Ukraine again.
  • Chilean authorities are assessing damage caused by yesterday's earthquake that caused a small tsunami and killed six people.
  • Former Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown said today that he plans to make his New Hampshire Senate bid official.
  • Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told students at Liberty University that "religious liberty has never been more under assault" than it has been during Obama's presidency.
  • The European Union has announced that it is launching a military operation in the Central African Republic. 

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Matthew Feeney is a policy analyst at the Cato Institute.

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