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Antonin Scalia: “I do not look forward to a society which, thanks to the Supreme Court campaigns anonymously hidden from public scrutiny…”

On the recordJuly 19, 2022
I do not look forward to a society which, thanks to the Supreme Court campaigns anonymously hidden from public scrutiny, and protected from the accountability of criticism, this does not resemble the home of the brave.
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Antonin Scalia
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Senator Klobuchar quotes Justice Scalia to highlight concerns about anonymous political contributions and their implications for democracy.

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