In the Supreme Court`s allegedly purifying 5 to 4 decision in McConnell vs. Federal Election Commission, political campaign financing dissenter Justice Antonin Scalia said the new statute "cuts to the heart of what the First Amendment is meant to protect: the right to criticize the government." Off the court, also dissenting, Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), noted: "The decision will do far more to restrict political speech than to curtail the influence of money on politics."
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