[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.

[vbmoneyspender]

I don't think he is familiar with the 1st Amendment -- you might want to quote its language back to him.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Nothing slender about it.

It says what it means and if the "constitutional scholars" around here ignore it then their claim of supporting the constitution is as hollow and shallow as their legal thinking.

This ruling does not stop you from expressing your opinion or exercising your free speech in any way no more than restrictions on the right to yell "fire" in a crowded theatre.

Start your own newsletter, write a tv script, play, novel, short story, publish articles on politics if you can't play by the new rules. There are many ways to skin a cat.

Rather than hysterical reactions we should look at the RATS response. This won't even slow the lying juggernaut down.

[aristeides]

To the extent that there's any conflict, the later-in-time First Amendment should trump anything conflicting in Article I, Section 4.

[El Gato]

The times, places and manner of holding elections

Campaigns and campaigning have nohing to do with holding elections. This is not just a slim reed, it's a non-existent one.