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Old 01-25-2010, 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by JollyRoger View Post
I also don't think we need an amendment just to undo a bad ruling, otherwise it would have taken an amendment to end segregation, where Plessy was overturned by Brown, just for one example. The real question here for Republicans is why they support this ruling and this concept after decades of braying at the Democrats about "sovereignty" when this so clearly undermines it. This ruling will allow literally billions of foreign dollars to flow into our campaigns. How are we a free country any more when Saudi Arabia can walk in and tell a congressman, "if you vote for this bill, we're going to give your opponent a 500 million dollar 'campaign contribution' "? How exactly ?

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