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eallen

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7. Citizens United wasn't about campaign money. McCutcheon was.

Reply to RDANGELO (Reply #1)

Fri May 23, 2014, 05:30 PM

May 2014

I think <i>McCutcheon</i> was a bad decision.

But on <i>Citizens United</i>, I don't see how the government stop the distribution of a movie, without bumping up against the 1st amendment.

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