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Stephen Colbert talks with Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold, deposed from the U.S. Senate in the last election, about the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, which we find was based on a landmark precedent known as "Money Talks v. Bullshit Walks."Stephen Colbert talks with Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold, deposed from the U.S. Senate in the last election, about the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, which we find was based on a landmark (but little-known) precedent, “Money Talks v. Bullshit Walks.” –YL
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