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Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate

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The Line Between Quid Pro Quo, Corrupty and General Influence Must Be Respected

The line between quid pro quo, corruption and general influence may seem vague at times, but the distinction must be respected in order to safeguard basic first amendment rits. This entire case, and really the entire line of campaign finance jurisprudence from this court, is predicated on pretending that these are different things,. But they're very plainly not distinct, yes? So what you get at the end of the day is robert's saying, well, no one has shown that quid Proquo corruption is happening here. And then in the next breath, essentially admitting that that is what's happening here... He thinks it's great, right? Yes. Their vision of democracy

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