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Bernie Sanders: “No nominee of mine for the US Supreme Court will have his or…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Bernie Sanders Speaks at the DNC Summer Meeting

Published | Video Starts at 13:55

I have not made many campaign promises so far, but let me repeat one to you that I have made, and that is that No nominee of mine for the US Supreme Court will have his or her name go to the Senate unless that candidate is loud and clear in saying that one of the first orders of business for that candidate will be to rehear and overturn Citizens United. But we have got to go even further than overturning Citizens United. If we want a vibrant democracy where all Americans who want to run for office are able to do so, we need to move toward public funding of elections. (13:55–14:18)

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Asserts that any Supreme Court nominee from Sanders would need to commit to rehearing and overturning Citizens United.

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