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On the recordMarch 9, 2010
Citizens United found that independent expenditures, advertisements, pamphlets, books, documentaries produced independently from a party or candidate's campaign cannot be suppressed under the First Amendment.
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Chuck Grassley
Republican · Iowa

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Grassley explains the implications of the Citizens United ruling on independent expenditures.

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