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The Future of Free Political Speech

Submitted by Chris Moody on Tue, 05/05/2009 - 13:30
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Last month In March, the Supreme Court heard the case Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission, in which the FEC banned the showing the film Hillary: The Movie, an attack piece on Hillary Clinton, shortly before last year's elections. Under McCain-Feingold campaign finance legislation, that type of regulation is currently backed by law.

The Court will release its decision in the next few weeks, which will hopefully turn McCain-Feingold on its head.

If the FEC can ban a movie under the first amendment, what other kinds of speech can the government get away with censoring? The experts here say even books could be next. The question is, where should we draw the line? Or, when it comes to speech, should we draw the line at all?

This video sheds some light on the case, and examines what might happen if the Supreme Court rules in favor of the FEC.

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When Congress put

Submitted by johnnybe (not verified) on Sun, 05/31/2009 - 07:37.

When Congress put campaign-finance reform on the shelf until March, newspaper editorial writers had a fit. From The Washington Post to the San Francisco Chronicle, they bemoaned Congress' failure to enact the McCain-Feingold bill, the most ambitious of the reform measures.

 

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If we want a truly level

Submitted by johnnybe (not verified) on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 03:56.

If we want a truly level playing field in this fall's campaign, abolish campaign finance laws.

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The First Amendment to the

Submitted by modeltrains (not verified) on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 15:22.

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that expressly prohibits the United States Congress from making laws "respecting an establishment of religion" or that prohibit the free exercise of religion, infringe the freedom of speech, infringe the freedom of the press, limit the right to peaceably assemble, or limit the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

 

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