I will see if I can find Bush's quotes on his reason for signing the bill, he mentioned the plan to challenge portions of the bill and if it wasn't for the severability clause he would have not signed it. Be back in a few
Great, but I am looking the poop that his legal team told him SCOTUS would, well let's use the word "probably" here, strike out the 30 and 60 day gag rule. By the way, does the gag apply just to coordinated speech, or all speech that mentions the candidate, or all speech period that addresses issues of interest in the election? I am having a senior moment, and don't recall.
And by the way, are rich folks still allowed under this bill to buy elections with their own money? About a third of the senators are now in the super rich category. In time, I suspect it will become two thirds. And so it goes.
The only real solution to this mess IMO is the Maine plan (spending limits, which if exceeded, the state just cuts checks for more than the amount of the excess to the opposing candidate). (Granted, that still leaves the knotty issue of third party spending, and how to account for that.) But almost all in this forum probably wouldn't like that one either.