Steve Bullock to Fight Corporate Money in Politics

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http://www.salon.com/2012/01/06/the_biggest_threat_to_citizens_united/

FRIDAY, JAN 6, 2012 12:16 PM EST
The biggest threat to Citizens United
The Montana AG explains why his state's challenge to the controversial decision could hold up in the Supreme Court
BY DAVID SIROTA

Last week, while the national press corps was busy pretending the tiny Iowa caucus was the only news in America, a major ruling out of Montana paved the way for a likely U.S. Supreme Court showdown over the role of corporate money in politics.

In the case, which was spearheaded by the state’s Democratic Attorney General Steve Bullock, Montana’s top court restored Big Sky country’s century-old law banning corporations from directly spending on political candidates or committees. Legal experts believe that upon appeal, this case will come before the nation’s highest court. While there, it could serve as the first test of the precedents in the infamous Citizens United decision that essentially allows unfettered corporate spending in campaigns...

This week on my weekday morning radio show on KKZN-AM760, I spoke with Bullock about the case. What follows is an edited transcript of our discussion (you can find the full audio podcast here).

http://www.am760.net/cc-common/podcast/single_page.html?more_page=1&podcast=davidsirota&selected_podcast=Wednesday_1-4_Hour_3_1325696893_8803.mp3

David Sirota is a best-selling author of the new book "Back to Our Future: How the 1980s Explain the World We Live In Now." He hosts the morning show on AM760 in Colorado.

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