On Anniversary of Citizens United Ruling, Common Cause Calls for Investigation of Scalia and Thomas

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Today marks the one-year anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision, Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commissiond that opened the floodgates for unlimited corporate spending on election campaigns. We speak with Bob Edgar, the president of Common Cause, which has filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Justice urging it to investigate whether Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas should have recused themselves from the case last year because of a conflict of interest.

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http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=4741359

Letter to Attorney General Holder
http://www.commoncause.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=4773617&ct=9039331

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1. ME, TOO!