[justshutupandtakeit]

Look at Article I, Section 4 and tell me what that means.

[KantianBurke]

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.

[Who is John Galt?]

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press...

What part of "Congress shall make no law" do you fail to understand? Or have you convinced yourself that pre-election political ads do not qualify as "freedom of speech, or of the press?"

;>)

[AdamSelene235]

Look at Article I, Section 4 and tell me what that means.

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.

I'm having a hard time seeing how this condones the creation of "speech crimes". Speech about the election isn't the election itself.

[El Gato]

Look at Article I, Section 4 and tell me what that means.

Look at Amendment I, and tell me what that means. Congreff did pass this law, did they not? Amendments trump the original language if there is a conflict.