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George Mitchell: “Few in my judgment will history record as being more unwise and wrong than the Supreme Court decision in the Citizens…”

On the recordDecember 3, 2012
Few in my judgment will history record as being more unwise and wrong than the Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case.

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Mitchell criticizes the Citizens United decision for its impact on political funding.

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