Do you believe the Congress did not have the power to stop the Hitler Youth from organizing and giving speeches for the Fuehrer during World War II? Or that they cannot prevent Al Queda from recruiting within this country? Non-Sequitor
Advertizing is NOT identical with speech and as a part of the manner of elections can be regulated.
If the advertisement contains speech, then it is speech. The power to control the manner of elections does not include the power to stifle the speech of those who are seeking office or those who support them. If the first amendment cannot protect speech regarding who is or is not allowed to rule over us, then the first amendment is a meaningless phrase in a meaningless document.
BTW, Your handle is fitting. You don't support free speech so your handle is "shut up and take it." Interesting.
Since you can't handle examples of Congress abridging free speech you throw an inappropriate Latin phrase at it but that does NOT change the fact that Congress does have the power in certain instances to curtail political speech.
CFR stifles the free speech of no politician clever enough to tie his own shoes since hard money can pay for ANY ad with ANY content at ANY time. Only the stupid will have their free speech curtailed by this toothless paper tiger of a law.
Look up irony in a decent dictionary and you might begin to understand my name though I doubt it.