Floyd Abrams wrote a letter to The Times on their recent editorial discussing Citizens United and the animal cruelty video case and it’s here. The Citizens United ruling, on the contrary, protected the heart of the First Amendment, the right to engage in political speech during the pre-election time period, during which the Supreme Court has […]
Month: April 2010
“What will Crist donors do?”
That’s what a Politico headline asks. If Charlie Crist follows through on plans to abandon the Republican Party Thursday evening, the next most important issue on his political agenda is what to do about his Senate campaign donors. A host of GOP donors is already preparing to urge the Florida governor to return their donations if […]
DISCLOSE Act: Is there a chill in the air?
Citizens United notes and warns of the dangers of laws that can chill speech a number of times. (Quotations below from Citizens United.) Prolix laws chill speech for the same reason that vague laws chill speech: People “of common intelligence must necessarily guess at [the law’s] meaning and differ as to its application.” The interpretive […]