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Andrea Joy Campbell: The Supreme Court has held in absolutely clear fashion that limits are contributions are constitutional in the context I…

On the recordJune 10, 1998
The Supreme Court has held in absolutely clear fashion that limits are contributions are constitutional in the context I have given. The only other two I would mention, is it not true that the Supreme Court has for over 50 years upheld the constitutionality on bans of corporations' outright expenditures in campaigns, and the Supreme Court has recently as the Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce case restricted the activity in the campaign field by chambers of commerce?
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Andrea Joy Campbell
Massachusetts

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Discussing Supreme Court rulings on campaign finance during a debate.

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