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turbinetree

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Fri Apr 22, 2022, 01:06 PM Apr 2022

Here is how Marjorie Taylor Greene's lawyer had a profound impact on American politics

By Timothy Evans
Published April 22, 2022

James Bopp, Jr., the lawyer representing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in today's hearing about whether she should be disqualified from running for reelection because of her actions regarding the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection, may not be a household name to most but he previously has had a profound impact on American politics.

That's because Bopp was the lead attorney who argued before a federal three-judge panel in 2008 that the conservative non-profit Citizens United should be able to air "Hillary: The Movie" on television during the Democratic primary.

Two years after the lower court rejected that petition, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling and adopted many of Bopp's arguments, reversing 100 years of campaign-finance precedents and paved the way for virtually unlimited corporate campaign contributions.

https://www.rawstory.com/who-is-james-bopp/

So the buying of politician and money is free speech....


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Here is how Marjorie Taylor Greene's lawyer had a profound impact on American politics (Original Post) turbinetree Apr 2022 OP
The Supreme Court said the corporations are people, does that include Disney? Walleye Apr 2022 #1
Maybe someone should file a lawsuit and find out... turbinetree Apr 2022 #2
Seems like if they are free to donate to political campaigns, they are entitled to free speech polit Walleye Apr 2022 #3

Walleye

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3. Seems like if they are free to donate to political campaigns, they are entitled to free speech polit
Fri Apr 22, 2022, 01:45 PM
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