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

• 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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