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- "A democracy cannot function effectively when its constituent members believe laws are being bought and sold."
I don't see Citizens United lasting too long. I think it will be challenged somehow and it's an embarrassment to the court that they'd like to see rectified. Or maybe this is just wishful thinking. Your "natural extension" makes sense to me. Someone should try and challenge it as an exercise of free speech. I wonder if somehow it would fall under commerce laws though? There are a number of things that are illegal to buy/sell, do they also inhibit our freedom of speech? Who wants to challenge the law? I'll give you $10 to vote for Buddy Roemer.