JUSTICE GINSBERG: (being a "friendly" justice to the SEC hack): "Can you reiterate your stand again for us on whether the content by the plaintiff (in this case, an anti-Hillary DVD whose release was prohibited during the campaign time frame) would have been equally banned if it were a book instead of a DVD? We have a problem with book banning..." (this was said by Ginsberg to allow the FEC official to explain the FEC standing in a good light)
FEC BUREAUCRAT: (honestly) "Yes. If it were a book, yes, the promotion and release would have been prohibited. But really, even though the criminal law is there, trust me, nobody would have ever been prosecuted in that way."
JUSTICE ROBERTS: (Leaning forward, forehead furrowed): "Madam, we do not put our First Amendment rights at the mercy of FEC bureaucrats!"
WOOHOO! I almost went off the road cheering at that one!
There is a reason liberals are so bent out of shape over this ruling: They understand completely that this weakens the position of the media, which had unlimited resources to support liberal candidates, where conservatives had no such advantage, no recourse.
They know what they lost!
That's what I heard.
The socialist/communist axis in this country enjoyed a monopoly on the selection, spin, and dissemination of the daily news for decades. Up until the early '90s the "big three" networks and the New York Times were the primary sources for everything Americans new about politics and current events. Not anymore!
The leftists have been frothing at the mouth during the past 15 years or so as they have watched their monopoly disappear with the rise of talk radio, fair-and-balanced cable news, and the internet. In their despair they have floated such things as "the fairness doctrine", "campaign finance reform", and have now sunk so low that they even cry like babies over a Supreme Court ruling that prevents book banning!
Things are looking better for decent, taxpaying, traditional American families.