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8. Yes securing control of elections. $$$$$

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 08:23 AM

22 hrs ago

I have to wonder if Justice Kennedy has any conscience at all. We know Roberts does not.

Justice Kennedy, Author of Citizens United, Shrugs Off Question About His Deeply Flawed Premise
Kennedy said the divergence between the crux of his decision and reality is something for others, "the bar and the lower bench to figure out."
Lee Fang
September 20 2016

https://theintercept.com/2016/09/20/justice-kennedy-citizens-united/

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When is someone going to do something? Martha Stewart was sent to prison ecstatic 8 hrs ago #48

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