[trisham]

I've just read the whole bloody thing and cannot find anything that limits speech, only things that limit spending. i checked both the links you suggested and they both focus on spending ,not speech.

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I am no authority, but it is my understanding that speech is limited by the limiting of spending.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Reaction to Will's column:

Responding to Will[two defenses of Miers on NR's 'Bench Memos']

[gondramB]

"I am no authority, but it is my understanding that speech is limited by the limiting of spending."

I guess my feeling is that freedom of speech is a higher right than freedom of advertising

That just gives too much advantage to the wealthy, IMO. And if there were no limits on corporate spending then candidates wouldn't even need money from the public - that would be bad.

Maybe the current restrictions are wrong or too much. But I don't believe there is a constitutional right to advertising.

And I don't see how conservatives who are supposed to be strict constructionists could argue that there is.