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Newspaper Article
GEORGEF.WILL PUTTING SHACKLES ON SPEECH MEDIA'S CAMPAIGN ON SOFT MONEY IS WRONG
1999
Overview
The media are missing a scandal because the media are the scandal. They are complicit with the portion of the political class currently attempting to impose on the public, in the name of campaign finance reform, speech restrictions of the sort from which the media are immune. But the rationale for this immunity, as explained by the Supreme Court in the First Amendment case most cherished by the media, refutes the argument for the campaign reforms most of the media favor. The Senate is currently debating the McCain-Feingold bill to ban \"soft money\" contributions to political parties. Such money can be used only for certain purposes, such as issue ads, voter registration and turnout drives, and cannot be spent in support of particular candidacies for federal offices. In the 1976 Buckley vs. Valeo ruling, the Supreme Court struck down limits on what candidates could spend, arguing on First Amendment grounds that money is indispensable to political communication, so limiting spending limits speech.
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Pittsburgh Post - Gazette
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