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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
samlitzinger@journa.host ("Sam Litzinger") wrote:
James Buckley, conservative politician and U.S. senator, dies at 100
“… Mr. Buckley was perhaps best remembered as the lead plaintiff in a landmark campaign finance lawsuit… that in 1976 unraveled part of the post-Watergate regulation of political money. That ruling set the basis for a chain of court decisions…that embraced the concept that money is equal to speech.”
Quite a wretched legacy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/08/18/james-buckley-valeo-obit/