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Berk, Gerald - Professor
I WILL START. THANKS. WE WILL GET IT UP IN A MOMENT. I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME HERE TODAY. IT IS AN INCREDIBLE HONOR TO BE HERE AT...
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| 00:17:21 |
Rosenblum, Nancy - Professor
WHICH CITIZENS UNITED IS JUST A PER-SHARE TWO THINGS. TWO THINGS BEYOND THE FACT THAT THOUGH THERE ARE MANY AVENUES OF UNDUE INFLUENCE OF ACCESS AND...
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| 00:28:30 |
Malbin, Michael J. - Executive Director
HAVING BEEN GREAT PARTNERS IN THIS VENTURE. I PLAN TO SPEAK IN MORE IMMEDIATE TERMS THAN THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS. AND WILL NOT BE TALKING ABOUT LAW OR...
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| 00:40:31 |
Hayward, Allison - Vice President
I HAVE JUST A FEW MINUTES. I WILL SPEAK PERHAPS QUICKLY. FIRST OF ALL, IS A PRINTED IN GENERAL OBSERVATION, I WANT TO SAY-AS A PRE-EMPTIVE AND AN OBSERVATION,...
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| 00:49:20 |
Overby, Peter - Correspondent
ON HERE. GOING BACK, AS ALLISON DID, TO THE FIRST DAYS AFTER THE CEO'S DECISION AND PEOPLE ASSESSING WHAT IT MEANT, ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT I HEARD A LOT...
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| 00:59:41 |
Overton, Spencer A. - Professor
PROFESSOR BURKE, I'M NOT A HISTORIAN, SO I'M NOT GOING TO REVEAL MY LACK HISTORIC EXPERIENCE BY SIDING WITH A PIA -- BY CITING WIKIPEDIA. PROFESSOR ROSENBLUM,...
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| 01:13:11 |
Potter, Trevor - President and General Counsel
IS A GREAT DISCUSSION HERE E V E D ME AN HOUR AND A HALF, RIGHT? IT REALLY IS AN INTELLECTUAL FEAST. LET ME JUST HIT A COUPLE OF HIGH POINTS. ONE IS...
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| 01:25:37 |
Milkis, Sidney M. - Professor
THE SPEAKERS WOULD LIKE TO REACT TO EACH OTHER, BUT THEY CAN DO THAT WHILE THEY RESPOND TO YOUR COMMENTS. WE ARE GOING TO BRING YOU A MICROPHONE WHEN...
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| 01:25:50 |
Q&A, -
OF THIS SESSION, AND WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU STAND, AND FINALLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE, SO TELL US WHO YOU ARE. >> ARE YOU SURE WE ARE ALLOWED...
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| 01:26:52 |
Malbin, Michael J. - Executive Director
TOGETHER OPENLY. THEY ARE TEAMS. IN FACT, THAT IS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE CURRENT WALL, THAT THEY'VE MADE IT EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT FOR THE PARTIES...
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| 01:28:02 |
Potter, Trevor - President and General Counsel
IF WE ARE TALKING SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUNDS, SO CORPORATE TAX -- PACKS. THEY ARE OFTEN USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING A CONTRIBUTION TO A MEMBER SO A...
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| 01:29:26 |
Rosenblum, Nancy - Professor
INDIVIDUALS AND ASSOCIATIONS CAN SPEND MONEY MUCH MORE EXPRESSIVELY, RIGHT? BY PAYING FOR INDEPENDENT GROUPS TO ATTACK THIS PARTICULAR CANDIDATE OR PROMOTE...
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| 01:30:42 |
Overton, Spencer A. - Professor
OPPOSED TO A $100,000 CONTRIBUTION TO AN INDEPENDENT GROUP, BUT IT ALSO ASSUMES THAT MOST PARTY FUNDING FOR ALMOST ALL PARTY FUNDING COMES FROM SUCH INDIVIDUALS,...
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| 01:32:36 |
Potter, Trevor - President and General Counsel
TALK ABOUT THE OPERATIONS ARE INDIVIDUALS AND HAVE A RIGHT TO SPEAK. IF HE SAYS THAT THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS THERE TO PROTECT INFORMATION REACHING CITIZENS...
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| 01:34:43 |
Malbin, Michael J. - Executive Director
AGAINST PALEO FOR DISCLOSURE. MANY PEOPLE ARE PUTTING FORWARD THE ARGUMENT THAT I WISH TO FREE AND BECAUSE NOBODY HAS PUT IT FORWARD TODAY, BUT I WANT...
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| 01:38:17 |
Hayward, Allison - Vice President
TALKING MAYBE AT THE ELECTORAL LEVEL, ESPECIALLY IN STATE AND LOCAL RACES. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT LESS SOPHISTICATED ACTOR, BUT WHAT WE ARE REALLY FASCINATED...
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| 01:40:29 |
Potter, Trevor - President and General Counsel
REALITY. IT IS JUST THAT THEY ASSUME LIKE MOST PEOPLE THAT COORDINATION MEANS YOU CANNOT TALK TO EACH OTHER ABOUT ANY OF THIS. SO THEY SAFELY SAY THAT...
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| 01:41:55 |
Malbin, Michael J. - Executive Director
NOT BE RESPONSIVE TO THE QUESTION NECESSARILY. THE REASON THIS IS AN ISSUE IS THAT THE LAW, QUITE REASONABLY SAYS THAT IF TWO PEOPLE COURT MADE, THAT...
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| 01:43:34 |
Potter, Trevor - President and General Counsel
IMPORTANT AND THEY WOULD HAVE LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES IN THIS AREA. I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE THAT LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES END OF THE PRAIRIES BUT THAT DOES...
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| 01:44:31 |
Overton, Spencer A. - Professor
IN THE SENATE, WE DON'T -- DON'T JUST SIT WITH THE FEC APPOINTEES, WE SEE IT ACROSS THE BOARD, THAT SENATORS PUT HOLDS ON CANDIDATES. IT IS A PROBLEM...
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| 01:46:50 |
Hayward, Allison - Vice President
TWO EXTREMES, NEITHER OF WHICH PROBABLY SERVE ANY GOVERNMENTAL PURPOSE. YOU CAN THINK OF AN EXTREME WHERE AN ENTITY, IF IT WANTS TO MAKE ONE INDEPENDENT...
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| 01:49:43 |
Potter, Trevor - President and General Counsel
ROLE TO DICTATE WHERE THAT SPEECH COMES FROM. THAT IS THE FIRST AMENDMENT ELEMENT OF IT. BUT, IT SAYS, IT IS ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE FOR BOATERS, CITIZENS,...
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| 01:51:02 |
Rosenblum, Nancy - Professor
LEVEL. HOW SMALL THE AS A DONOR HAVE TO DISCLOSE WERE NOT DISCLOSED. THAT IS A SERIOUS ISSUE FOR PEOPLE. THE SECOND ISSUE IS THAT DISCLOSURE BY ITSELF...
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| 01:52:12 |
Overby, Peter - Correspondent
AND THE CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING RAN THE SECRET MONEY PROJECT WHERE WE TRY TO TRACK ALL THE OUTSIDE MONEY GROUPS THAT WERE TURNING UP IN THE...
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| 01:53:54 |
Berk, Gerald - Professor
DISCUSSION OF PARTIES AND THE DISCUSSION OF ANY QUALITY -- OF INEQUALITY IN POLITICS. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT IF WE DON'T PAY SOME ATTENTION...
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| 01:56:45 |
Milkis, Sidney M. - Professor
IS THE EQUIVALENT OF THE CORPORATION AND THE UNION IN THESE WAYS OF -- IN THESE CASES. U.S. WHETHER THAT MADE SENSE. -- YOU ASKED WHETHER THAT MADE SENSE....
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| 01:57:10 |
Berk, Gerald - Professor
TO INCORPORATE UNIONS AND GAINED THE SAME RIGHTS. THAT CORPORATIONS HAVE. D. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SUCH DIFFERENT ENTITIES. WHEN...
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| 01:59:11 |
Rosenblum, Nancy - Professor
LEGISLATION COMES UP AROUND HEALTH CARE FOR EXAMPLE, IT IS CLEAR THAT YOU NEED POLITICAL MOBILIZATION TO RESIST THE BEST. QUITE APART FROM SMALL DONATIONS...
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| 02:00:22 |
Potter, Trevor - President and General Counsel
THEY TOOK OVER AND SAID THEIR VIEW OF THE WORLD WAS ACCURATE IN 1947. YOU HAD TWO ROUGHLY EQUAL GREAT ECONOMIC FORCES. YOU HAD THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY...
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| 02:02:41 |
Hayward, Allison - Vice President
MY NAME. I WILL START ANYWAY. THERE IS A COUPLE OF MATERIAL REASONS WHY YOU WOULD FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT. AS LONG AS YOU ARE STILL ENGAGED IN ISSUE ADVOCACY,...
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| 02:05:11 |
Potter, Trevor - President and General Counsel
FEINGOLD. THEY SAID YOU CANNOT USE CORPORATE MONEY IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ELECTION. THEN THEY CAME IN AND SAID YOU COULD DO WHATEVER YOU WANT AS LONG AS...
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| 02:06:38 |
Milkis, Sidney M. - Professor
CAN RUN ADS THAT RIPPED THE OPPOSING CANDIDATE APART, EVEN A SEPARATE HIM JUST THE WAY YOU WOULD IN EXPRESS ADVOCACY BUT WITHOUT THE EXPRESS ADVOCACY...
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| 02:09:47 |
Hayward, Allison - Vice President
I THINK IT IS PRETTY CLEAR THAT THEY ARE ROLLING WITH THE REST OF THE LORD DENING STABLE. CERTAINLY, DISCLOSURE HAS TO BE TAILORED TO A SPECIFIC GOVERNMENT...
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| 02:10:24 |
Potter, Trevor - President and General Counsel
IS DICTUM. THE COURT SAID THEY ARE NOT PROHIBITED FROM SPENDING AND WE WILL STRIKE DOWN THE CORPORATE -- PROHIBITION OF CORPORATE FUNDING. THEY TURNED...
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