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22 States Defend Montana in Citizens United Fight

Source: AP/Idaho Statesman | Nation | May 21, 2012

Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike down state laws restricting corporate campaign spending.

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