The US Supreme Court has today voted 8-1 and 5-4 to strike down various campaign finance restrictions on US elections, including the infamous McCain-Feingold law.

The laws banned spending that was seen to "influence" a vote in any way or that could "potentially" rather than actually lead to corruption, but contained exceptions for unions' spending - very reminiscent of the Electoral Finance Act here in New Zealand.

One organisation has already announced its plans to run a campaign against "earmarks" at the 2010 election.

[Via WSJ]