Wednesday, January 18, 2012
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_19768783
this article, advocating more disclaimers for superpacs, has a great quote by hasen.
"There's nothing happening in Congress these days, but there's especially nothing happening on campaign finance reform."
here is my response to the article in the comments, not that anybody reads comments.
Arbitrary Aardvark ยท Indianapolis, Indiana
Eshoo should read Talley v California, the 1960 landmark civil rights case that held that the kind of disclosure she is advocating is unconstitutional.She should ask herself what she meant when she swore to uphold the constitution. Her threats that Obama should "lean on" the independent FEC create an appearance of impropriety. Several Illinois governors are in jail for getting caught leaning on people.
In cases such as Bongiorni, People v Drake, Canon City, Schuster, and the 2002 Griset case that was later reversed on other grounds, California's disclaimer regulations have repeatedly been found to be unconstitutional censorship. On today, when much of the internet is dark in protest of SOPA and PIPA,we should not ignore elected officals like Eshoo calling for more unconstitutional censorship of political speech.
this article, advocating more disclaimers for superpacs, has a great quote by hasen.
"There's nothing happening in Congress these days, but there's especially nothing happening on campaign finance reform."
here is my response to the article in the comments, not that anybody reads comments.
Arbitrary Aardvark ยท Indianapolis, Indiana
Eshoo should read Talley v California, the 1960 landmark civil rights case that held that the kind of disclosure she is advocating is unconstitutional.She should ask herself what she meant when she swore to uphold the constitution. Her threats that Obama should "lean on" the independent FEC create an appearance of impropriety. Several Illinois governors are in jail for getting caught leaning on people.
In cases such as Bongiorni, People v Drake, Canon City, Schuster, and the 2002 Griset case that was later reversed on other grounds, California's disclaimer regulations have repeatedly been found to be unconstitutional censorship. On today, when much of the internet is dark in protest of SOPA and PIPA,we should not ignore elected officals like Eshoo calling for more unconstitutional censorship of political speech.
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