Labor’s love-hate relationship with Citizens United

Published July 14, 2012 12:00am ET



Few Supreme Court decisions have aroused the Left’s ire as much as Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. It opened the floodgates for corporate money in elections, they say.

Only occasionally do news stories point out that the decision lifted restrictions on independent political spending by Big Labor too. Rarer still is it published that Big Labor fought for that decision, and that Big Labor has fought against congressional Democrats who are trying to undo the impact of the ruling.

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