COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Legal experts say Ohio's ban corporate campaign spending is likely unenforceable in the wake of the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to free up businesses and unions to spend big on elections.
Edward Foley, director of an election law center at Ohio State University, says he expects state lawmakers will attempt to modify Ohio's law to bring it into compliance with the court's Thursday ruling.
Ohio law says no corporation, nonprofit corporation or labor group can spend its money for or against a political party, candidate or "for any partisan political purpose."
State Attorney General Richard Cordray's office is reviewing the court's decision, which reversed a century-long trend to limit the political muscle of corporations, organized labor and their massive war chests.
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