#60 Postby stormchazer » Thu Dec 11, 2003 9:39 am
mf_dolphin wrote:Quotes from the Majority side...
Rooting out corruption, or even the appearance of it, justifies limitations on the free speech and free spending of contributors, candidates and political parties, the court said in a 5-4 decision.
"We are under no illusion that [the law] will be the last congressional statement on the matter," Justices John Paul Stevens and Sandra Day O'Connor wrote for the majority. "Money, like water, will always find an outlet. What problems will arise, and how Congress will respond, are concerns for another day."
It is this part that scares me most and yes I did read it. The court is saying that Congress can infringe on our right to free speech simply because there maybe an "appearance of corruption". Do you understand the significance of that statement? The Court out and out admitted that their decision infringes on our free speech. I have yet to see a decision by the court where an inch is giving, that has not been streched to a mile.
They further admit that this not the last statement on the matter. What will be the next infringement? What if they decide to block ads 6 months before? A year? What if they say that The Young Republicans can't call a meeting to discuss strategy because being funded by the RNC gives the "appearance of corruption"? Its a slippery slope and we just gave our free speech rights away a little more.
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