Court rules campaign-finance changes unenforceable
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that restrictions on campaign finance that Oregon voters approved in 2006 can't be enforced.
The restrictions were approved in a 2006 ballot measure, but they've never been put to use because voters struck down a companion measure that would have changed the state constitution to allow such restrictions.
Groups supporting campaign finance restrictions took the case to the Oregon Court of Appeals, which sided with the Secretary of State.
The Supreme Court agreed with the appeals court on Thursday and ruled the restrictions can't be imposed.
The court's decision didn't address whether limits on contributions would violate free speech rights, an issue going back years in Oregon.
In 1997, the court struck down an earlier attempt to regulate campaign finance.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
I think every candidate should get $50 and a few commercials, all they try to do is make the other guy bad anyway.
Money talks!!!
This just allows the rich and powerful to control us that have no money and no power.
Further proof even the Supreme Court is against "we the people" and our wishes.......
@Funky-Munky From the article: "voters struck down a companion measure that would have changed the state constitution to allow such restrictions" Perhaps if "we the people" actually voted to change the state constitution you'd have a valid argument.
 @JTesla Oops.... Maybe if it was written and presented to the voters correctly it wouldn't have been shuffled in the mix..... I was quick to discredit our Supreme beings ruling on this and missed the facts.... mea culpa! thank you for the correction.