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Originalists Making It Up Again: McCutcheon and ‘Corruption’

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Originalists used a modern interpretation of the term to eviscerate campaign-finance limits. The Framers would be disgusted.

Lawrence Lessig
Lawrence Lessig
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Lawrence Lessig

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