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But groups opposing campaign regulations on First Amendment grounds said Monday's decision created an unworkable standard.

"This is rough business," said Fred Wertheimer, a veteran advocate of tighter campaign regulations.

Campaign regulations prohibit corporations and unions from paying for advertisements that run close to elections and identify candidates.

Mr Wellstone will have difficulty converting liberal ideals into money (particularly since the campaign regulations that he favours outlaw large donations).

Because of changes in federal campaign regulations, that raises the question of whether Mr. Perry, the Texas governor, effectively received an unreported campaign contribution by underpaying Mr. Pardo.

Can online publishers, even self-proclaimed ones, take advantage of the "media exemption" allowing traditional publishers to endorse candidates without facing campaign regulations?

But the F.E.C.'s three Republican appointees seem to think the best campaign regulation is no regulation.

Another campaign regulation skeptic, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, concurred with the majority in a separate opinion but did not sign Justice Souter's opinion for the court.

Mr. Obama's new organization has drawn rebukes in recent days from watchdog groups, which view it as another step away from the tighter campaign regulation Mr. Obama once championed.

While all this looms, the six-member F.E.C. has been stymied by its three Republican appointees who apparently believe the best campaign regulation is none and regularly reject professional staff findings of campaign abuses and block enforcement.

The decision has been hailed by advocates of looser campaign regulation, who see Citizens United as a victory for robust debate and a long overdue roll-back of years of encroachment on political speech.