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- noun Plural form of
floodgate .
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Examples
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When people like the president say that Citizens United opened the "floodgates," what they mean is that corporations (and unions) no longer have to worry about the "issue advocacy" vs. "express advocacy" distinction.
DISCLOSE Act: What The NRA Exemption Means For The Integrity Of The Citizens United Fix (Update) 2010
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The president's supporters and fellow Democrats have been parroting the superficial "floodgates" warning at every opportunity.
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The president's supporters and fellow Democrats have been parroting the superficial "floodgates" warning at every opportunity.
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When people like the president say that Citizens United opened the "floodgates," what they mean is that corporations (and unions) no longer have to worry about the "issue advocacy" vs. "express advocacy" distinction.
Citizens United Response To Be Very Limited, Will More Meaningful Reforms Follow? 2010
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Second, opponents of this bill say it will open the "floodgates" of litigation.
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This had never been done before with these kind of floodgates in these canals.
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Piche said that if successful, his client's challenge could open the "floodgates" to similar challenges across the country.
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"But the Attorney-General has advised that he is unable to support my suggested amendment, propounding a 'floodgates' argument," Mr Cowdery said.
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With the Supreme Court Justices sitting right in front of him, President Barack Obama unloaded in his State of the Union address on this past week's ruling qualifying corporations as having the rights of citizens and opening the "floodgates" to their political donations.
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The reference to "floodgates" being opened has echoes of Margaret Thatcher's controversial reference in 1979 to Asian immigrants "swamping" the country - condemned at the time as evidence of her party's anti-immigrant bias.
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