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To: AntiGuv
The general consensus appears confident that the Supreme Court will strike down McCain-Feingold; I'm not so sure..

The offending portion of McCain-Feingold that the court certainly will strike down is the ban on advertizing shortly before the election. It is a clear violation of the First Amendment. I don't care too much about the other stuff.

2 posted on 06/16/2003 8:32:38 AM PDT by Thane_Banquo
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To: Thane_Banquo
The offending portion of McCain-Feingold that the court certainly will strike down is the ban on advertizing shortly before the election. It is a clear violation of the First Amendment.

Read this decision, and subsequently -- as I did -- lose some of your certainty in this regard.

6 posted on 06/16/2003 8:36:02 AM PDT by Lazamataz (POLICE TAGLINE DO NOT CROSS POLICE TAGLINE DO NOT CROSS POLICE TAGLINE DO NOT CROSS POLICE TAGLINE D)
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To: Thane_Banquo
SCOTUS is going to split the CFR up - some parts will be upheld, some will not. Someone working on the case pointed out to me, it's ALWAYS within 60 days of SOME election, so that part will certainly go.

That person has also promised to let me know when it is time to get out the sleeping bags to line up for tickets. I was trying to suck up & get one, but was informed that there are so many parties to the case, there won't even be enough "real" tickets for all the attorneys, so the only way for a regular person to go is to line up.
14 posted on 06/16/2003 8:44:24 AM PDT by nina0113
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To: Thane_Banquo
I agree with -- it is the advertising before the election I believe they are going to strike down -- wasn't there a severabililty clause put into it.

Actually except for the advertising I don't have a problem since it raised the limit to $2000 which is helping us more than the RATs.
27 posted on 06/16/2003 9:31:27 AM PDT by PhiKapMom (Bush Cheney '04 - VICTORY IN '04 -- $4 for '04 - www.GeorgeWBush.com/donate/)
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