The Institute for Justice’s Paul Sherman wrote this letter to the editor in today’s Post in response to yesterday’s Dionne piece. Corporations, no less than any other association of individuals, deserve the right to speak out about candidates and policies that may affect them. Indeed, media corporations such as The Washington Post Co. already enjoy […]
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 […]
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. […]