"The right of corporations to spend money in campaigns—resurrected under the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling—may have been given a big boost Friday when a federal appeals court ruled in an ongoing suit that Minnesota corporations could independently spend money in campaigns without submitting ongoing reports to state officials.
In contrast, on Monday in another federal appeals court, the Seventh Circuit handling Illinois, that state’s campaign disclosure law was upheld in a similar suit—foreclosing the prospect of secret corporate electioneering in 2012 and beyond. (Each federal appeals court has the final say in its region until the U.S. Supreme Court steps in.)"
