The Future Of McCain-Feingold Rests With New Judges
Written by Brian Garst, Posted in The Courts, Criminal Justice & Tort
OpinionJournal takes a look at how Alito and Roberts might rule on McCain-Feingold.
A federal court decision last week upheld the right of citizens to petition their government–a right taken for granted before the 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign-finance law codified speech restrictions. The ruling is overly narrow but welcome all the same. And if it’s appealed, as expected, the Supreme Court will have another chance to weigh in on Congress’s efforts to chip away at First Amendment free-speech guarantees in the name of “reform.”
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