30 Issues | A History of Campaign Finance from Roosevelt to Citizens United

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 1, 2016

We continue our 30 Issues election series with Issue #20: How to keep big money from destroying our democracy while Citizens United is still in effect.

Since overturning it with an amendment or the Supreme Court reversing its decision is highly unlikely, Fred Wertheimer, founder of Democracy 21, discusses the history of campaign finance and talks about what to do within the current reality on this constitutional ruling.

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