http://www.rollcall.com/news/judge_reaffirms_ruling_allowing_corporate_campaign_donations-206239-1.htmlA federal judge in Virginia reaffirmed his ruling Tuesday that may allow corporations to donate money to candidates for Congress and the White House for the first time in more than a century.
The federal government asked U.S. District Judge James C. Cacheris to reconsider his May 26 ruling that found that two lawyers did not break laws by using corporate funds to reimburse donations made by employees.
Federal prosecutors specifically asked Cacheris to revisit the case in light of Federal Election Commission v. Beaumont, a Supreme Court Case from 2003 that many believe upheld the long-standing ban on corporate donations to federal candidates.
But Cacheris’ ruling did not change because he viewed much of the case through 2010’s Citizens United v. FEC ruling, which allowed corporations and unions to use corporate funds to donate to organizations running advertisements to affect federal campaigns.