Federal judge reaffirms ruling striking down ban on corporate donations to candidates

[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia [official website] on Tuesday reaffirmed [opinion, PDF] a ruling [opinion, PDF; JURIST report] he issued two weeks ago striking down a ban on corporate donations to federal political candidates. On Friday, District Judge James Cacheris held a hearing during which US prosecutors said they failed to cite key precedent [Bloomberg report] related to campaign finance, and that Cacheris did not have enough information to rule that…