Posted on 09/15/2017 4:04:34 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
The candidate ads look like independent expenditures by a foreign national in a U.S. election in violation of the Federal Election Campaign Act. Under FECA, the term “foreign national” includes corporations organized under the laws of a foreign county or with a principal place of business in a foreign country. If done knowingly and willfully, such spending by a foreign national is a crime.
But what about the First Amendment? That should not be a concern in this case. In 2012, after Citizens United v. FEC, the Supreme Court confirmed in Bluman v. FEC that barring foreign nationals from spending in our elections does not violate the First Amendment.
(Excerpt) Read more at amp.slate.com ...
Oops...wrong narrative. Not allowed to talk about the 5 dead Americans on "Bot Scout" Bobby's hands.
Weasel, meet weasel.
The article is pretty vapid. The only substantive fact alleged is that a Russian firm placed $100,000 worth of political ads on Facebook. The rest of the article is pure speculation, literally using the word “assume”, suggesting that the readers assume that DJT Jr’s meeting with a Russian national lawyer is what led to these ads.
Slate - I thought all the commies there committed sepukku - has zero relevance. The toilet flushed for them long ago.
Let’s pause for a moment and consider that, to the condescending liberals, there are people who might be swayed to vote against their interests BASED ON A FACEBOOK AD and those people NEED TO BE PROTECTED.
They really think that people are stupid.
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