SCOTUS Rules for MORE Free Speech

[392cobra]

The supreme court has reversed the campaign limits for corporations,so they can now spend as much as they want on anything they want.Candidate's or issue's.

The leftist unions are upset that the evil corporations no longer find their 1st Amendment rights violated. Wonder how they felt about unions buying candidates? Big pharma buying Obama? George Soros and his phamtom PACs?

I guess a corporation is OK with a contribution if it goes to promote a left wing radical cause.

[392cobra]

Friday, January 22, 2010

NRA praised the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision yesterday in the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that removed unconstitutional restrictions on NRA’s ability to speak freely at election time.

The late Sen. Paul Wellstone had said during the original debate over this legislation that it was his intention to silence groups like NRA. While the author of this measure had singled out NRA, this law delivered a clear message to all American citizens: “Keep your mouths shut and stay out of our political debates.”

The case originally centered on the Federal Election Commission’s (FEC) denial of Citizens United’s attempt to broadcast a film about Hillary Clinton through on-demand cable services in January 2008, but had broader implications in protecting the First Amendment rights of organizations like NRA during elections.

NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox, said, “This decision today returns sanity to our political system. The First Amendment does not allow Congress to make laws denying Americans the right to speak out on issues, the right to assemble or organize on public policy issues, or the right to petition our government for redress of grievances.”

http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Fe...d.aspx?id=5324

[Excaliber]

The court was almost equally divided on this issue, 5 to 4 I believe the vote was. The issue for me is the 30 day and 60 time limits, I think they should stay.

Dropping a bomb shell like the Clinton movie "Ad" so close to election time is not good for the country. There needs to be enough time for a healthy debate about the issues, pro and con, BEFORE election day.