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Where Did They Get the Money For That?
By SHEILA KRUMHOLZ. The New York Times Opinion Page
.... Every major presidential candidate is being aided by a group now known as a “super PAC” and sometimes by more than one.
Triggered by the Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and a couple of lower court decisions, these new groups are allowed to collect unlimited sums of money from individuals, corporations, unions and trade groups — and to use these funds for expenditures that expressly call for the election or defeat of a candidate for federal office....
