And so what's happened here of late, and it started with the Citizens United Supreme Court decision out of the Supreme Court of the United States, is that Citizens United, in that case, the Supreme Court of the United States acknowledged that corporations have first amendment rights to voice their opinions and to engage in political discussion just as much as normal living human beings do. And so as a result of that decision that came out and said you cannot exclude corporations from political activity, we've seen a rise in 501s, which are nonprofits that … (06:06–06:25)
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