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Supreme Court Handing Down Ruling in Campaign Finance Reform (main parts upheld)
FOX News | 10 Dec 2003 | FOX News

Posted on 12/10/2003 7:09:03 AM PST by July 4th

Reports that main portions of McCain-Feingold are now being upheld! People currently wading through a decision of over 300 pages.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bcra; blackrobedictators; bush; bushscotuscfr; cfr; elitisttyrants; firstamendment; freedomofspeech; mccainfeingold; nyt; oligarchy; restrictfreespeech; scotus; tyrannyofthefew
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To: July 4th
Absolutely horrible ruling. If political free speech is not protected, what is?
81 posted on 12/10/2003 7:28:35 AM PST by rustbucket
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To: Long Cut
this undercuts Soros and the unions, but it is a bad day for free speech.
82 posted on 12/10/2003 7:28:49 AM PST by Pikamax
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To: Howlin
And people think it's not important for Bush to be reelected?

We have GOT to get some of our people on THIS Supreme Court!

A Republican Congress passed it and Bush signed it..... and this is why we need more of them???

83 posted on 12/10/2003 7:29:18 AM PST by GeronL (My tagline for rent..... $5 per month or 550 posts/replies, whichever comes first... its a bargain!!)
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To: the gillman@blacklagoon.com
You never voted for him in the first place.

Elect Dean or Hillary; see what better "constitutional dirt" you get.
84 posted on 12/10/2003 7:29:41 AM PST by Howlin (Bush has stolen two things which Democrats believe they own by right: the presidency & the future)
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To: John Jorsett
First the wild spending spree and now this. George Bush has received the last vote he'll get from me. If I wanted this crap I could have voted for Gore

Actually two of the Justices who probably voted for the ad bans, Ginsburg and Breyer, were appointed by Clinton. Are you going to let Dean appoint two more Justices like those two?

85 posted on 12/10/2003 7:29:46 AM PST by Dane
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To: ArneFufkin
They are believers in the Old Jeffersonian myth that every man decides what the constitution means. But someone has to read it to them.
86 posted on 12/10/2003 7:30:02 AM PST by justshutupandtakeit (America's Enemies foreign and domestic agree: Bush must be destroyed.)
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To: Pikamax
No it does not undercut Soros. It enables Soros. Kiss the republic goodbye.
87 posted on 12/10/2003 7:30:11 AM PST by CasearianDaoist
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To: The Old Hoosier
I just love hearing the unfocused, visceral gnashing teeth around this joint.

Most of you lardasses have no desire or talent for free speech anyway. This law restricts you IN NO FREEPING WAY.

This is going to be a Bush Bashing thread. I wanted to bash you dismal aggrieved molemen in advance.

Bon Appetit Ace. Bash away.

88 posted on 12/10/2003 7:30:12 AM PST by ArneFufkin
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To: Tree of Liberty
O'Connor has abandoned any pretense of deciding issues according to law and the Constitution. She now decides according to her personal "feelings" about what is fair.
89 posted on 12/10/2003 7:30:21 AM PST by Kevin Curry
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To: ArneFufkin
"We're here waiting for the 10 busloads of Free Republic Constitutional scholars to arrive"

:-)

90 posted on 12/10/2003 7:30:36 AM PST by MJY1288 (The Democrats Have Reached Rock Bottom and The Digging Continues)
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To: Timesink
It's going to be the liberal broadcast networks versus talk radio. Parties have been cut out of the process. Hard money is king.
91 posted on 12/10/2003 7:30:45 AM PST by July 4th (George W. Bush, Avenger of the Bones)
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To: GeronL
Because you and I know it denies us our freedom of speech! I cannot figure this court out, except that they have gone totally whacko.

You better believe that 2004 is OUR last chance to stop this!
92 posted on 12/10/2003 7:31:07 AM PST by Howlin (Bush has stolen two things which Democrats believe they own by right: the presidency & the future)
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To: ArneFufkin
I smell a ZOT coming...

Mike

93 posted on 12/10/2003 7:31:10 AM PST by BCR #226
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To: Pikamax
The only "ads" leading up to an election will be the columns and editorials in the NYTimes, USA Today, etc.

Again, thank you George Bush - you are losing your base just like your pop. If you get reelected it will only be because you are enough of a Democrat for some.

Every time we give the GOP power they screw us.
94 posted on 12/10/2003 7:31:35 AM PST by over3Owithabrain
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To: justshutupandtakeit
Section 4. The times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing Senators.

The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.

Pretty slim reed to hold onto. The explicit First Amendment IMHO would and should trump that mushiness.

95 posted on 12/10/2003 7:31:37 AM PST by KantianBurke (Don't Tread on Me)
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To: July 4th
Sure has stopped George Soros now, hasn't it? NOT. The rats have had this planned from the beiginning.
96 posted on 12/10/2003 7:31:45 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I will defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Orangedog
The Republican Party is the STUPID PARTY. remember that. They are experts at being the minority paryt, even when their the majority
97 posted on 12/10/2003 7:31:45 AM PST by GeronL (My tagline for rent..... $5 per month or 550 posts/replies, whichever comes first... its a bargain!!)
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To: Flux Capacitor
Why should he change now?
98 posted on 12/10/2003 7:31:59 AM PST by David Isaac
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To: Pikamax
This shift the money away from parties to the issue advocacy groups. The Soros money is perfectly legit. Look for a decline in the importance of the major political parties, particularly with regards to involvment in elections. Soft money will only get worse.
99 posted on 12/10/2003 7:32:34 AM PST by July 4th (George W. Bush, Avenger of the Bones)
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To: Stopislamnow
For the Dems/libs, "Mission Accomplished."

Next on the agenda...the return of the Fairness Doctrine.

100 posted on 12/10/2003 7:32:56 AM PST by daler
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