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Posted at 6:34pm on Jan. 11, 2008 Supreme Court To Hear Another McCain-Feingold Case

Not The Message The Statute's Sponsor Wants In The News

By Dan McLaughlin

The Supreme Court today decided to hear the case of Davis v Federal Election Commission (No. 07-320 on the Court's docket). The case focuses on the constitutionality of the so-called "millionaire's amendment," one of the more egregious examples of the pro-incumbent tilt in the statute (which makes no similar allowance for challengers to incumbents with huge war chests); the petitioner's brief frames the issue as follows:

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Posted at 12:17pm on Mar. 27, 2007 McCain-Feingold: no reason to celebrate this anniversary

Here's to rethinking the premise

By krempasky

Today marks the 5th anniversary of President Bush's signing of a law which he claimed at the time to be unconstitutional. Five years ago today, John McCain got his way - enshrining into law some of the most sweeping restrictions of speech since the Alien and Sedition Acts. (more from Tapscott and CampaignFreedom)

With sweet irony, starting from the premise that money in politics = bad, McCain and his supporters in the "academic" and non-profit community steered millions of tax-exempt dollars into creating the mythology of a public outcry about campaign finance. Using registered lobbyists like Fred Wertheimer and company - even using his own PAC and campaigns at times - our government criminalized the most valuable form of speech: that of citizens criticizing their government.

What are we left with? A class of elites (most of which bill $400 an hour to advise their well-heeled clients on "compliance") who use the power of law to chill the speech of smaller speakers. And worse, their paranoia and desire to close loopholes knows no bounds. They even tell us that, no matter how complex or daunting the laws might be, "they are well worth whatever inconvenience and lawyers’ fees they may generate" (note: nice of the lawyers to look out for each other)

Oh, and by the way: I'm sure you've noticed the drastic reduction in political corruption. That's right - the freaking law doesn't even work.

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