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Court Loosens Ad Restrictions

By Matthew Murray and Kate Ackley
Roll Call Staff
June 26, 2007, Midnight

The Supreme Court on Monday largely threw out restrictions on issue-based broadcast ads run by labor unions and other groups in the run up to federal elections, a decision widely expected to thrust open the political advertising floodgates and foreshadow campaign finance decisions to come from the John Roberts-led high court.

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