COMMENTARY: Top-10 things to understand about making political contributions

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Court decision puts candidate contribution limits at risk

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Montana Commissioner of Political Practices Jonathan Motl speaks to a legislative selection committee in Helena. The U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling of 2010 is now being used to fight state limits on how much money individuals and groups can contribute directly to candidates. Lawsuits against contribution caps are pending in Alaska, Montana and New Mexico. "If you take it away, the sky's going to fall," Motl says. (AP Photo/Matt Gouras, File)

The U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, which allowed unlimited corporate and union election spending, is now being used six years later to fight state limits on how much money individuals and groups can contribute directly to candidates.

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COMMENTARY: Top-10 things to understand about making political contributions

Court decision puts candidate contribution limits at risk