{"id":2787,"date":"2007-06-25T12:28:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-25T12:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/06\/supreme-court-sides-with-polit.html"},"modified":"2007-06-25T12:28:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-25T12:28:00","slug":"supreme-court-sides-with-polit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/06\/supreme-court-sides-with-polit.html","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court sides with political speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

Huge victory for political speech in America<\/a>! Take that McCain:<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court loosened restrictions Monday on corporate- and union-funded television ads that air close to elections, weakening a key provision of a landmark campaign finance law.
\nThe court, split 5-4, upheld an appeals court ruling that an anti-abortion group should have been allowed to air ads during the final two months before the 2004 elections. The law unreasonably limits speech and violates the group’s First Amendment rights, the court said.
\nThe decision could lead to a bigger role for corporations, unions and other interest groups in the 2008 presidential and congressional elections.
\nThe case involved advertisements that Wisconsin Right to Life was prevented from broadcasting. The ads asked voters to contact the state’s two senators, Democrats Russ Feingold and Herb Kohl, and urge them not to filibuster President Bush’s judicial nominees.
\nFeingold, a co-author of the campaign finance law, was up for re-election in 2004.
\nThe provision in question was aimed at preventing the airing of issue ads that cast candidates in positive or negative lights while stopping short of explicitly calling for their election or defeat. Sponsors of such ads have contended they are exempt from certain limits on contributions in federal elections.
\nChief Justice John Roberts, joined by his conservative allies, wrote a majority opinion upholding the appeals court ruling.
\n[…]
\nBut Roberts said, “Discussion of issues cannot be suppressed simply because the issues also may be pertinent in an election. Where the First Amendment is implicated, the tie goes to the speaker, not the censor.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How ironic is it that the ACLU and labor unions have Bush (a conservative nominating strict constructionist judges) to thank for this victory:<\/p>\n

That court, differently composed<\/span>, upheld large portions of the law in its 2003 decision, including the provision in question in the current case.
\nOn Monday, Justice David Souter, joined by his three liberal colleagues<\/span>, said in his dissent that the court “effectively and, unjustifiably, overruled” the earlier decision.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tags: Feingold<\/a>, McCain<\/a>, free speech<\/a>, 1st amendment <\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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