Damon Root: Campaign Finance and Affirmative Action Rulings Coming Soon from SCOTUS

In October 2013 the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral
arguments in a pair of cases dealing with two of the most
contentious issues in modern American politics: campaign finance
and affirmative action. In anticipation of the Supreme Court’s
forthcoming decisions in these hot-button cases, Senior Editor
Damon Root offers a quick primer on the legal issues at stake in
McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission and Schuette
v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action.

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