NRA Bails on Constitution to Pursue Self-interest

Written By: Jeff Knox  |  Posted: Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

A firestorm was ignited this week when it was announced that House Democrats had carved out an exemption for the National Rifle Association in proposed new federal campaign legislation and that the NRA was no longer going to oppose the bill.

The new campaign legislation is a response to the recent Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. The Federal Election Commission. In that case the Court held that groups like NRA could not be blocked from mentioning a candidate's name during the 60 days prior to an election.

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