Debating the high court’s campaign finance decision

Name: Debating the high court’s campaign finance decision
Uploaded: 2014-04-03T00:39:54Z
Duration: P461S
Description: Does the Supreme Court’s decision to lift the overall limit on political contributions hurt democracy and encourage corruption, or does it affirm free speech rights? Hari Sreenivasan gets reactions from Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice and Erin Murphy, the attorney who argued and won the case before the high court.

Clip: 04/02/2014 | 7m 41s

Does the Supreme Court’s decision to lift the overall limit on political contributions hurt democracy and encourage corruption, or does it affirm free speech rights? Hari Sreenivasan gets reactions from Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice and Erin Murphy, the attorney who argued and won the case before the high court.

Aired: 04/02/14

Rating: NR

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