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Tom Udall: “The Supreme Court laid the groundwork for this broken system in 1976 with Buckley v. Valeo.”

On the recordJanuary 28, 2014
The Supreme Court laid the groundwork for this broken system in 1976 with Buckley v. Valeo.
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Tom Udall
Democratic · New Mexico

Editor's note · Context

Udall critiques the Supreme Court's decision that equated money with free speech.

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