Today's news and views

● James Bopp took the Citizens United case to the Supreme Court and found five justices willing to wipe away a century of campaign finance law. But according to Mother Jones, he's just getting started both taking down campaign finance law, and registering his own Super PAC.

● The 8th Circuit court has upheld a Minnesota law requiring corporations to disclose when they spend money to support or defeat a candidate. The case to overturn the law was brought by groups objecting to the reporting requirements that revealed Target and Best Buy's support for Tom Emmer, a gubernatorial candidate opposed to same-sex marriage, and then led to protests and boycotts.

● It's getting harder to track campaign contributions in Pennsylvania because budget cuts have eliminated funding for getting submitted campaign finance reports online. Most candidates file paper reports; moves to require electronic filing are perennially shot down in the legislature.