Anlysis:
The Robert's court ruled in January 2010, in a 5-4 decision, to overturn a 20-year-old ruling that prohibited corporations from contributing to campaign ads from their own company coffers. This ruling is a major setback for campaign finance reform decisions like the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law-also known as the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002-which restricted the use of "soft money" in campaign elections.
1. Do you agree with this decision?
2. Why do you agree or disagree with this decision?
3. What are the benefits or drawbacks of this decision to corporations AND individual citizens?
Answer all of these questions. Number each of your answers and DO NOT repeat the question text in your answers.