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Around the constitution that the framers intended the politicians, our legislatures to be dependent on the people, not to be dependent on this other class of folks called funders. so the current situation is clearly unconstitutional or clearly at odds with framers' intent. and i was curious to hear your reaction to that, whether you think that's not the situation or whether or not there's a broader interpretation. >> no, the problem is you have this ungainly system because of a 1976 supreme court case, not citizens united, congress has allowed to cap contributions to candidates but not candida...

Campaigns and that the gap between the people and the funders only grows even greater. >> so this is actually an interesting issue in what we're talking ability on a day to day basis is the constitutional architecture of how we fund elections. one of the arguments you make is that it is clear in the constitution and in the history around the constitution that the framers intended the politicians, our legislatures to be dependent on the people, not to be dependent on this other class of folks called funders. so the current situation is clearly unconstitutional or clearly at odds with framers' i...

Around the constitution that the framers intended the politicians, our legislatures to be dependent on the people, not to be dependent on this other class of folks called funders. so the current situation is clearly unconstitutional or clearly at odds with framers' intent. and i was curious to hear your reaction to that, whether you think that's not the situation or whether or not there's a broader interpretation. >> no, the problem is you have this ungainly system because of a 1976 supreme court case, not citizens united, congress has allowed to cap contributions to candidates but not candida...

themselves and others. recently outrage over the school exploded when the public for the first time saw video of a student being repeatedly shocked. his name is andre mccollins. the video showed him being shocked 31 times over the course of seven hours. it is difficult to watch. this was in 2002. mccollins was 18. he's no longer at this center. the video is part of a trial. those disturbing images also caught the attention of the u.n. central raptor juan mendez. he told a paper, the use of electricity on anyone's body raises the question of whether this is therapeutic or whether it i...

the school is in massachusetts called the judge rotenberg center. they claim that electric shocks and other forms of what they call aversive therapies are the only way to control some students who are a danger to themselves and others. recently outrage over the school exploded when the public for the first time saw video of a student being repeatedly shocked. his name is andre mccollins. the video showed him being shocked 31 times over an hour. i want to warn you, it is difficult to watch. this was in 2002. mccollins was 18. he's no longer at this center. his family recently settled ...