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The Court Case That Pivots on What ‘Corrupt’ Really Means

Tea Leaves

It sounds like just another campaign-finance case, but McCutcheon v. FEC will show whether the Supreme Court’s conservatives truly honor the worldview of the Founding Fathers.

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Early next month, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that will be a test as much of the five conservative justices as of the law they will review.

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