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As the court said in citizens united, no other case held that congress prohibited independent contributions based on the identity of the speaker. austin was the aberration, the exception, the break in the court's consistent pattern of precedence. and mr. chairman, i'm going to need about 30 seconds more to finish. >> 30 seconds more. >> many folks have attacked the decision saying it is a prime example of quote conservative judicial activism unquote because it ignored precedent by overruling austin. by overruling that one preced t precedent, wasn't the court reaffirming a larger group of proef...