Skip to main content  Supreme Court eases restrictions on
corporate campaign spending  By Bill Mears, CNN Supreme Court
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Ruling gives special interests "more power in Washington,"
president says   • Big business, unions, nonprofits get more
power to spend freely in federal elections   • Majority: "Speech
dynamic is changing," and "onerous restrictions" need to be
avoided   • Dissent: Need to limit spending should outweigh
"applications of judge-made rules"  Washington (CNN) -- The
Supreme Court has given big business, unions and nonprofits more
power to spend freely in federal elections, a major turnaround
that threatens a century of government efforts to regulate the
power of corporations to bankroll American politics.  A 5-4
conservative majority crafted a narrow overhaul of federal
campaign spending Thursday that could have an immediate effect
on this year's congressional midterm elections. The justices
eased long-standing restrictions on "independ