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Patrick Leahy: “Citizens United is one hell of a jolt. It is hard to figure a jolt harder than that one on 100 years of precedent.”

On the recordApril 13, 2010
Citizens United is one hell of a jolt. It is hard to figure a jolt harder than that one on 100 years of precedent.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy critiques the impact of the Citizens United decision on legal precedent.

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