Posted on 02/11/2015 8:35:39 AM PST by PROCON
(CNSNews.com) -- The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is holding a hearing today to receive public feedback on whether it should create new rules regulating political speech, including political speech on the Internet that one commissioner warned could affect blogs, YouTube videos and even websites like the Drudge Report.
The hearing is a response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in McCutcheon v. FEC last year, which struck down the FEC’s previous cap on aggregate campaign contributions from a single donor in an election cycle.
Before the decision, individuals were limited to a combined total of $46,200 in contributions to all federal candidates, and $70,800 to federal political action committees and parties.
Individuals are no longer restricted by aggregate limits, which Chief Justice John Roberts said "intrude without justification on a citizen's ability to exercise 'the most fundamental First Amendment activities'."
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And herein lies the never ending problem; tyrannical liberals unhappy with Free Speech.
So is the FCC, under the guise of "Net Neutrality."
LOL! I must have been inputting my post, like, with in a minute or so of you. Glad we’re on the same wave length. The moderator may remove mine if he/she wants to.
That pesky 1st amendment. Here’s an idea for you asshats that hate the constitution. Just start with the 1st and work your way down the list restricting all the supposed government protected rights we thought were not to be interfered with. After all, isn’t the constitution just......so, so passe?
Talk Radio - be on notice.
But then, Im sure Tammy Fay Boehner will dig in his heals and put a stop to…..
o never mind
F the FEC.
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”
FEC isn’t congress, and regulations aren’t laws, so I guess we are screwed, unless of course the g0p stands up to this, so I guess we are screwed...
Get rid of the FEC. Just get rid of it.
ILLEGAL foreign donations flooded the Clinton and Obama campaigns.
Obama ran illegal raffles (send in cash and enter to win) that award a prize of air travel, hotel, and personal meeting with Obama. There was no free alternative entry. Even after several state AGs challenged them on the matter. And they did it again the next election cycle.
You had the final debate moderator in the 2008 cycle planning to profit from a book about the historical Obama candidacy with a street date of 1/20/2009.
You have concerted efforts of voter suppression and intimidation from the left. Slashing tires, stealing signs, threats if you refuse Democrat signs, knock and drag coercion to get people to go to the polls, etc.
NPR and Pacifica violating their 501c3 status with candidacy and party advocacy while the IRS targeted and stonewalled conservative groups that sought approval.
Down is up, wrong is right. Junk the FEC. It’s worse than useless.
Ping.
Click the pic to go to the source at the Library of Congress
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The FEC wants to monitor and curb free speech.
The IRS attacks our right of free expression of opinion and association.
The NSA violates the privacy of our communication.
The Department of Homeland Security wants a national license plate tracking system
The FCC had planned to install "monitors" at newspapers, radio, and tv stations.
Obama wants to reclassify internet as a regulated utility
John has a long mustache.
The essence of the liberal complaint here is that they can't get people to visit their sites even if they pay them. People flock to conservative sites and that is just not fair. They want the government to ensure that we see their message. They already do this in the schools and in the media and they are mad as hell that they can't make it happen on the internet.
That’s doubling down. FCC is going to take care of that with a “Fairness” Doctrine for the Internet.
These fools are tightrope walking on the tripwire.
I think the FEC better realize there is this thing called the First Amendment that could put an end to such regulations in no time flat.
Because Free Speech
was never intended to apply to the political!
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If regulations aren't laws then they cannot be used in a criminal case; moreover, if the Congress has no authority to pass a certain kind of law they cannot, by delegating their own authority, create something which does have that authority.
Even Jesus said: Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
(John 13:16, NIV)
While don’t disagree with anything you’ve said, I expect that finding a court to agree with that will not be easy, and then further hoping another court won’t over turn such a finding is probably hopeless.
It takes ten minutes to reset a blog site from the US....to any of a hundred other nations. FreeRepublic could easily be set up to run out of the Isle of Tonga, or even North Korea.
So this gimmick they fantasize about....is just to get people stirred up and for Congress to act in some fashion which shapes some bogus law to occur or some political fight to diminish something.
I can set up a web site or even a phone number from Tonga in minutes. I can set up a bogus mailing address in Tonga. The idea that the FEC can control me....is about twenty years too late. Your chance came and went. I’m free now.
Fixed for accuracy.
I give up.
Where does a federal agency get the right to modify The First Amendment?
It’s an outrage that they write regulations outside of Congressional approval in the first place, but then to make inroads to the Constitution?
Breathtaking arrogance.
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