Sunday, October 17, 2010

Re: Republicans Don’t Trust Americans

we have federal election laws so that the states can not block
citizens from voting

On Oct 16, 3:26 pm, THE ANNOINTED ONE <markmka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I had NO idea that there exists (or ever did) a federal election. They
> are entirely the purview of the individual states. If and when there
> is a federal election then the feds have a right to make or enforce
> election law.
>
> On Oct 16, 10:47 am, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
>
>
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> > You have several things working against you.
> > Not only does Amendment I apply (Congress shall make no law ... free speech),
> > there is no Power provided the Congress within the Constitution to 'regulate' or
> > 'restrict' or otherwise 'campaigns'.
> > Money is most certainly speech -- whether it consists of 'hiring' someone to
> > best spread your message OR the measure for the success of a business or
> > enterprise.
> > Regard$,
> > --MJYou should see what the law professors on the H-LAW mailing list are saying about yesterday's Supreme Court First Amendment decision. Allowing people to purchase political ads and make political films without government regulation is, it seems, the end of the world. -- Kevin Gutzman on Citizens United v. Federal Election CommissionAt 12:41 PM 10/16/2010, you wrote:This is a close call.... mike.....Freedom of Speech is Freedom of
> > Speech..... but, like I said elsewhere... political donations...
> > money... is not speech (in my opinion). I would think that, as long as
> > the "person" doing the speech is an "individual" then the money end
> > (advertising access costs) associated with his/her political speech
> > need not be disclosed... but when the "individual" becomes a
> > "political advocacy group" of any sort, then where the money comes
> > from should be disclosed...But, of course, there's a Criminally
> > Crooked Supreme Court Majority to contend with.....currently.http://van-ezproxy.vancouver.wsu.edu/pag/index.html
> > U.S. Chamber of Commercehttp://www.uschamber.org
> > E-Mail: mbrs...@uschamber.org
> > 1615 H St. NW
> > Washington, DC 20062-2000
> > Phone: 202-659-6000, 800-638-6582
> > Fax: 202-463-3190 "We protect and represent you so your business can
> > grow and prosper in a free market economy."
> > (http://www.uschamber.org)
> > Then there's Karl Rove...http://prairieweather.typepad.com/big_blue_stem/2010/10/suing-one-of-...
> > On Oct 16, 10:41 am, "mike [ proud to be a liberal ] 532 !"
> > <littlemike...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > the court has opened the door for other governments to chose our
> > > leaders .
>
> > > On Oct 16, 10:37 am, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
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> > > > That s what Republican campaign fund-raising groups are doing by
> > > > concealing their donors from the public.
> > > > ROTFLMAO!
> > > > Individuals, of course, have a right to privacy.
> > > > BOTH Republicans AND Democrats fo not trust Americans, but
> > > > it is with their lives (of course they are Peddling Pull to maintain
> > > > their Power).
> > > > Regard$,
> > > > --MJYou should see what the law professors on the H-LAW mailing list are saying about yesterday's Supreme Court First Amendment decision. Allowing people to purchase political ads and make political films without government regulation is, it seems, the end of the world. -- Kevin Gutzman on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission- Hide quoted text -
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