The Institute for Justice’s Bert Gall and Steve Simpson wrote this editorial discussing the “media exemption” and campaign finance laws. The press remains one of the most important bulwarks against tyranny. The solution is to protect free speech on principle, regardless of the identity of the speaker. Banning a corporation from spending its own money […]
Category: Const Law Issues
Judge Sotomayor and Precedent
Here Hans von Spakovsky contrasts Judge Sotomayor’s statements in her introductory remarks with her actions on the Second Circuit in Landell v. Sorrell. So there is no question that Sotomayor refused to follow Supreme Court precedent on campaign-finance law. This was no real surprise since she has an extreme view on this issue. She has […]
Citizens United Editorial
The Post’s E.J. Dionne Jr. discusses Citizens United in his column this morning. If you wonder what judicial activism looks like, consider one of the court’s final moves in its spring term. The justices had before them a simple case, involving a group called Citizens United, that could have been disposed of on narrow grounds. […]