[conservatism_IS_compassion]

The Wall Street Journal has an op ed by Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. on this topic today. He thinks Bezos might be in over even his head on this one.

As to

The owner and the company were granted immunity from campaign law violations in exchange for full testimony and document release about the unpublished Trump stories,

that could be all to the good if it forces the Enquirer to do the right thing and contest “Campaign Finance Reform” in court. McConnell v. FEC, upholding McCain-Feingold, was a 5-4 decision thanks to Sandra Day O’Connor, with Justice Kennedy dissenting.

“Campaign Finance Reform” is nothing but a power grab by “the media” (wire service journalism). We are sorely in need of its abolition. What sense does it make to “keep money out of politics” and claim that you are not abridging the freedom of the press? The only difference between “speech” and “press” is that ”press” represents technology applied to the “useful art” of propagating opinion. Which required money for ink, paper, and presses in the founding era, and still requires money for broadcast air time today.

[zeestephen]

Re: A McCain-Feingold court challenge

That's an interesting point.

However, if the National Enquirer is facing the unlimited budget of the Southern District of New York on one hand, and the unlimited budget of Jeff Bezos on the other, outright surrender might be their only realistic option.