Court signals trouble for campaign law - Washington Times

Court signals trouble for campaign law - Washington Times

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Many times a legal battle is boring to all but lawyers and this one is about a movie that was less than flattering towards Hillary Clinton.

The issue, however, is extremely important and cuts to one of the basic tenants of any democracy: the protection of free political speech. If we can't debate political issues freely and openly then democracy doesn't really exist. While McCain-Feingold had good intentions in trying to prevent someone from buying and election with an overwhelming campaign budget, its unintended consequence was that it limited free political speech. At least, that's what the makers of the film are saying.

Now the Justices can decide if that was a violation of the 1st Amendment to the Constitution in a case that is only a sidebar in the last election but will impact heavily on future elections and, perhaps, on blogs such as this one.

We should all watch, listen and learn.