Activism in Defense of Free Speech is No Vice
Bad Supreme Court precedent can and should be ignored
Damon W. Root | September 2, 2009
Next Wednesday the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a rare second round of oral arguments in the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. At issue is the documentary Hillary: The Movie, which was produced by the conservative group Citizens United and intended for distribution before the 2008 elections. As Justice Stephen Breyer noted during the first round of arguments back in March, the film “is not a musical comedy.” It’s a 90-minute political harangue attacking Clinton’s ideas and… {click ~> HERE}
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This is a great article.
I had no idea that campaign reform act had a stipulation in it to restrict free speech. It’s absolutely amazing to me how much CRAP gets stuffed into bills and no one pays any friggin’ attention to them as they’re being voted on and passed through to legislation. It’s ridiculous… and what’s MORE ridiculous is that the people who pledged to uphold and defend the constitution against ALL enemies, foreign and domestic, do not take their roles and responsibility seriously enough to actually DO what they said they would do… and they are asking the Supreme Court to UPHOLD this section of the act that restricts free speech.
Fire ‘em all, man… fire ‘em all…
Tags: Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, Citizens United, Hillary: The Movie, McCain-Feingold Act, U.S. Supreme Court