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McDonnell v. United States

5-4

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Is This Legislation Really Legislative?

The Supreme Court recently ruled that candidates can pay back personal loans with donor funds. The ruling effectively legalized numerous types of political bribery, the president says. "In all of these cases, they are appealing to like broad principles about civic participation and pretending that all of this stuff is carefully woven into the fabric of our democracy," he adds.

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