It hurts to be right: How Scott Walker proved Citizens United wrong

We now have a rare glimpse into the inner workings of a broken campaign finance system. The Guardian this week published 1,500 previously unreleased emails and financial documents leaked from a now-halted investigation into alleged campaign finance violations by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and his allies.

The leak raises questions about a highly controversial decision to shut down the probe last year by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Four of that court’s seven justices were elected with $10 million in support (more than the jurists spent on their own campaigns) from Wisconsin Club for Growth and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, two of the “independent” groups that Walker was accused of illegally coordinating with. It also raises questions about whether the emails will affect the U.S. Supreme Court, which has been asked to review the Wisconsin decision, and could announce whether it will do so in the coming weeks.

What the emails reveal is both shocking — and unsurprising....
http://www.salon.com/2016/09/16/it-hurts-to-be-right-how-scott-walker-proved-citizens-united-wrong_partner/