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"Tie Goes to the Speaker, Not the Censor"
By Will Munsil
Created 01/08/2008 - 22:40

Will Munsil
Monday, June 25, 2007 - 3:39pm

"Discussion of issues cannot be suppressed simply because the issues also may be pertinent in an election. Where the First Amendment is implicated, the tie goes to the speaker, not the censor."

-Chief Justice John Roberts

Great work by the Supreme Court today [1] in FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life. You'd think the ruling would be an easy one, but again it came down to one vote majority protecting the rights of advocacy groups to run issue ads within two months of an election.

 

 


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Links:
[1] http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070625/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_campaign_finance_12