Why is the Colorado Supreme Court making campaign finance exceptions for unions that don't extend to businesses?

More on that in a moment on the Face The State Radio Minute.

Colorado's liberal Supreme Court ruled that unions could pay their employees to organize candidate campaigns even though voters rejected that practice in 2002 when they passed campaign finance reform.

Under current state law, unions are only allowed to operate political action and small-donor committees, which are generally funded by transfers from membership dues.

The court's recent decision focused on the First Amendment rights of unions to communicate with their members concerning political activities, but they failed to acknowledge that all campaign finance laws stifle free expression. While such laws were originally drafted to curb business influence, the new structure has shifted the influence to unions.

I doubt the court would grant the same leeway to a small business paying an employee to organize coworkers in support of a candidate. Talk about a double standard.

For FaceTheState.com, I’m Brad Jones.