While Ayotte Backs Citizens United, Her Hometown Paper Slams It
05:50 PM Jan 26, 2010
On the heels of Kelly Ayotte’s ill-advised public support of the Supreme Court’s much-publicized support in Citizens United v. FEC, the Nashua Telegraph (Ayotte’s hometown paper), excoriates the decision.
For the majority, the ruling hinged on whether campaign spending was a form of free speech. Ultimately, Justices Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy, John Roberts, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas decided the answer to that question was yes.
We don’t share that sentiment. We do not believe our Founding Fathers had corporations or unions doling out millions of dollars to influence federal elections in mind when they were crafting the First Amendment.
Rather, we wholeheartedly agree with Justice John Paul Stevens, who wrote in his dissenting opinion that the court’s ruling “threatens to undermine the integrity of elected institutions across the Nation.”
Ayotte’s support of the Court’s decision in Citizens United places her well outside the mainstream of New Hampshire and of the country, and her own hometown paper reinforces this.
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