That was the consensus of election-law attorneys at an Assembly Judiciary Committee hearing held Thursday to examine the local impact of Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission , 08-205, which found limitations on corporations’ and labor unions’ paying for such advertising out of general funds violative of the First Amendment.
The justices left untouched statutes and regulations requiring the identities of those who pay for political advertising campaigns to be fully disclosed, which could be used as a force to make New Jersey’s campaign advertising more transparent, the lawyers said.
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