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Americans Agree On One Thing: Citizens United Is Terrible
Americans Agree On One Thing: Citizens United Is Terribleby Cristian Farias at the Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/citizens-united-john-roberts_560acd0ce4b0af3706de129d?utm_hp_ref=politics
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Americans are pretty much of one mind about that ruling. By and large, they despise it.
In a recent Bloomberg poll of 1,001 adults, Citizens United -- which paved the way for the rise of super PACs and other forms of political spending -- was viewed unfavorably by 78 percent of respondents, who said the decision was so bad it should be overturned.
A legal scholar was beside himself over the findings.
"Wow. Wow. I'm stunned," University of Chicago law Professor David Strauss told Bloomberg. "What it suggests is that Citizens United has become a symbol for what people perceive to be a much larger problem, which is the undue influence of wealth in politics."
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