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172: Dark Money

Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt

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Is There a Right to Private Spending?

In Citizens United, there were eight justices in favor of disclosure. Only one was against it: Clarence Thomas. In a parallel case, Justice Scalia came out and said he didn't think that secret spending was something that should exist in the land of the brave. So there is a bipartisan history of support for disclosure, but of course it's not what the people with the big money want.

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