A political action committee (PAC) wants to spend unlimited…
A political action committee (PAC) wants to spend unlimited amounts of money on independent political advertisements supporting a candidate, but a federal law limits such spending in elections. The PAC challenges the law, arguing that it violates the First Amendment’s protection of free speech. In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court decides that political spending by corporations and unions is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment, thus allowing unlimited spending in elections. What case is being described here?
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