[Always Right]

No idea what the ruling will be on the 60-day "ban on speech" before elections.

The Constitution would be meaningless if they upheld that ban.

[KantianBurke]

Tell that to the President who signed it. He certainly didn't seem to mind.

[AppyPappy]

I believe Bush signed this after saying the Supremes would strike it down.

[GeronL]

The Constitution would be meaningless if they upheld that ban

SCOTUS gave up on the Constitution long ago.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Nonsense.

The constitution gives the Congress the right to regulate elections to federal office. See Article I Section 4. Such a law as this is part of the "manner of holding elections" which are "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 chusing Senators."

Campaign finance laws have been on the books for at least 30 yrs and the Court has upheld them for the most part. This is nothing new and was a foregone conclusion.

[Stopislamnow]

The court also upheld restrictions on political ads in the weeks before an election. The television and radio ads often feature harsh attacks by one politician against another or by groups running commercials against candidates.


We are now no better than the soviet union.

[freedomcrusader]

The Constitution would be meaningless if they upheld that ban.

Well, it's meaningless. Like you, it took this ruling to finally convince me.