Supreme Court questions company campaign spending limits

Corporate spending limits in US political campaigns may be too broad and silence free-speech rights of small businesses, Supreme Court conservatives said on Wednesday. But the court's four liberals, including new Justice Sonia Sotomayor, said more harm than good could be done by overturning precedents upholding the restrictions on corporations and labor unions. The comments came during arguments in a special session to consider ending long-standing limits on corporate and union spending in political campaigns. The case involves a 2008 movie critical of then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.