Bob Bauer characterizes CCP Executive Director Steve Hoersting’s Cato Briefing Paper on 527 organizations as a constitutional argument, and a principled argument, on the limits on State power.

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Bob Bauer characterizes CCP Executive Director Steve Hoersting’s Cato Briefing Paper on 527 organizations as a constitutional argument, and a principled argument, on the limits on State power.
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