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Sep. 30, 2003

Preventing Undue Financial Influence

Forum Column - By Spencer Overton - Chief Justice William Rehnquist hinted that he might abandon his long-standing support of restrictions on corporate campaign spending as the U.S. Supreme Court recently heard arguments in a major campaign reform case, McConnell v. FEC . Of all the obstacles McCain-Feingold has faced, Rehnquist's potential opposition could prove most damaging.

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