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Steve Klein writes for Pillar of Law:
When Jeb Bush sat down for an interview on “Morning Joe” on Tuesday, he probably did not expect his words to be used to accuse him of a crime. But continuing its mission of protecting democracy by—with just a slight bit of contradiction—making every effort to punish the people participating it, the Campaign Legal Center is on the case. Per usual, Campaign Legal is all bark and no bite, achieving little beyond perhaps a miniscule influence on the election cycle thanks to news coverage of its woof. But their bloodlust, ineffective as it is, deserves rebuke, for if it became actual policy it would draw more from Orwell than any democratic platitude.
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