Comment Re:SCOTUS should not be driven by ideology. (Score 1) 151
The same part that lets them ban child porn. (No, I am not in favor of child porn, I'm just using the 'Child porn is the root password to the Constitution' logic.)
"No law" doesn't mean "No law", it means That the Constitutional Principles the law being examined is furthering (Fair and honest elections, people electing their representatives, not corporations, etc) are furthered more than the constitutional principals being diminished by the law (unlimited speech in the political arena)
That balance falls in favor of "Yes, you can restrict someone's ability to essentially buy an office".