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The Denver Post, Jul 29, 2010
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"It makes one
wonder why a public official made certain decisions, especially ones that
benefited certain interests, when just days, months or years later they take a
lucrative job lobbying for the same interests."
Denver Post muddles Colorado high court Dallman campaign finance ruling
By John Tomasic, The Colorado Independent,
February 24, 2010
It was an easy hook but it garbled Jessica Fender’s Denver Post story. Fender was reporting the fact that the Colorado Supreme Court found Amendment 54 unconstitutional, striking down in Dallman v Ritter the restrictions on campaign donations put in place by the amendment at the beginning of last year. But Fender too breezily tied the story to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling last month in Citizens United, which lifted restrictions on corporate political advertising. The Colorado ruling was “another blow to restrictions on political giving by business and labor interests,” Fender wrote in the lead sentence.
But no. It’s not the same thing at all. It’s the opposite. It’s the differences between these cases that define them.
For the full story, please visit http://coloradoindependent.com/48045/denver-post-muddles-colorado-high-cour...
