Posted on 06/25/2007 7:40:12 AM PDT by raccoonradio
The Supreme Court loosened restrictions today on corporate- and union-funded television ads that air close to elections, weakening a key provision of a landmark campaign finance law.
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Die McCain-Feingold, die.
Thank God-free speech is what America is about.
That POS legislation needs to be declared UNCONSITUTIONAL!!
I feel like I live in the United States again. McCain-Feingold is patently unconstitutional, and no one - no one - can tell me what to say about politicians.
Merited a siren on Drudge. Linked to article that just had the same brief statement CNN had. A diff. thread on FR describes the case
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1855908/posts
I don’t know whether to cheer or fear what ads may come in the next cycle.
Don't go too far just yet. We haven't killed the ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION law that will make us look like Mexico in 5 years.
It was, in part anyway. The part that was challenged this year.
“Thank God-free speech is what America is about.”
Not if you are a student off school property.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1855901/posts
It was on a street in front of a school at a school sponsored event. Boo frickin hoo.
LOL, even for a lawyer this was a no-brainer. Minors promoting illegal drug use hardly meets the free speech test.
Cheers,
OLA
Die, Juano McCain / Feingold.
Die, Juano McCain / Kennedy.
“LOL, even for a lawyer this was a no-brainer. Minors promoting illegal drug use hardly meets the free speech test.”
If such a “no brainer” why did the lower and appellate court need to be overruled? Probably because they wondered what business if was of the school if kids are doing things off school property.
Anyone in a union knows... every single thing you receive in the mail is a campaign mag that tells you how to vote.
It’s like DNC magazine; Whether it’s nurses, electrical workers, teachers, construction... no difference.
Thank God.
“So corporations and unions get more free speech, but if me and my buddies get together to take out an advertisement in the local paper, MCCAIN STILL RESTRICTS MY SPEECH?”
Looks like you and the rest of us need better lobbyists!
It was the ninth circuit court that was overturned. Most of their nutty leftist rulings are overturned, or a large portion of them. Again, it was on a street directly in front of the school and the school was in charge of the event. And the school had a no drug or drug promotion policy so they told the student to take down his BONG HITS 4 Jesus sign. Sorry your pet drug took a hit in this ruling. (Just kidding)
Note that the older conservative justices wanted to totally reverse an earlier court decision, while the Bush appointees just said that the Wisconsin Right to Life’s ads weren’t covered by the particular provision ruled on. Interesting. I’m getting terribly skeptical in my almost mid-20s age, it seems.
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