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On the recordJuly 18, 2022
did not the Supreme Court say in what I think was an extraordinarily corrupt decision of Citizens United that favors Government by the powerful over representative Government by the people, a complete inversion of the design of our Constitution-- nonetheless, even in that case, did not the majority assume that there would be disclosure?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley criticizes the Citizens United decision for undermining democracy and calls for disclosure.

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