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"The Court's defense of political speech remains essential to American democracy five decades later."

A nice counterpoint to the Buckley v. Valeo at 50 symposium that we're cohosting, from Prof. Rick Hasen (UCLA) at Slate; an excerpt,… The post Prof. Rick Hasen Criticizes Buckley v. Valeo appeared first on Reason.com.

Those who blame Buckley for our current problems are wrong to do so. A contrary decision would have made things worse.

"Despite sustained criticism from all sides, Buckley's core principle persists: government cannot ration political speech."

"The core First Amendment principles of Buckley v. Valeo endure after fifty years."

The introduction to an Institute for Free Speech symposium, which I'll be cross-posting over the next couple of weeks.

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The first amendment protects the alleged payment of hush money to a porn star to influence an election outcome as the u.s. supreme court will eventually rule

The 34 misdemeanor charges of falsifying business record to conceal some other crime clearly contemplate a violation of federal or state elections laws and that "other crime" is not a crime because of the First Amendment