Yeah, yeah, I know, I KNOW, the U.S. House and Senate is back in session, healthcare reform it still going on and the President has a big speech going on Wednesday night.

Meanwhile there's a case before the U.S. Supreme Court, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which could radically redefine federal campaign laws. This all started with the question of whether the commercials Citizens United wanted to run promoting a film they made, Hillary: The Movie, were campaign ads or not. The film, was documentary style film critical of then Senator Clinton was scheduled to appear on cable tv as pay-per-view option right before the Democratic primaries in January 2008. It went to court and it was ruled the film was a campaign ad and thus violated the parts of the McCain-Feingold act, which prohibits "electioneering communications" broadcast ads that name a federal candidate within 30 days of a primary or caucus or 60 days of a general election.

That isn't the big issue there though, it's whether corporations and labor unions will be considered differently from individuals when it comes to funds in a campaign, using that argument that currents laws restrict corporations and labor unions from exercising their free speech rights.

Currently, the Supreme Court seems to be leaning towards repealing the laws limiting corporate and labor union spending on campaigns, which would have deep implications for the 2010 U.S. elections.