[RamsNo1]

Yeh, too bad we have a supposed "education president" who couldn't educate the american public as to why he was uncomfortable with parts of this CFR bill. Bush is counting on the majority of people who really aren't interested in this bill to save his sorry butt. I have heard this argument too from many on this website and I say that is a sorry way to run a country where you are counting on the american people to be "sheeple" instead of informed citizens.

[Howlin]

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However, the bill does have flaws. Certain provisions present serious constitutional concerns. In particular, H.R. 2356 goes farther than I originally proposed by preventing all individuals, not just unions and corporations, from making donations to political parties in connection with Federal elections.

I believe individual freedom to participate in elections should be expanded, not diminished; and when individual freedoms are restricted, questions arise under the First Amendment.

I also have reservations about the constitutionality of the broad ban on issue advertising, which restrains the speech of a wide variety of groups on issues of public import in the months closest to an election.

I expect that the courts will resolve these legitimate legal questions as appropriate under the law.

President George W. Bush, March 27, 2002

[McGavin999]

No.....he is counting on Nine Supreme Court Justices. You know, those guys in black robes who rule on constitution "stuff"?