tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37798047.post8530689078791103129..comments2024-01-16T05:48:33.523-05:00Comments on Errata Security: Should billionaires have to disclose their political contributions?David Maynorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09921229607193067441noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37798047.post-78605399522568481492015-04-14T07:08:20.928-04:002015-04-14T07:08:20.928-04:00Exactly, Jeff. If money isn't speech, therefor...Exactly, Jeff. If money isn't speech, therefore they can regulate money spent on speech, then money isn't religion, and they can stop churches from buying buildings. Money isn't the press, and they can stop you from buying a newspaper or web hosting. Money isn't assembly, so they can stop you renting a meeting space.<br /><br />People who say "money isn't speech" just haven't thought things through.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04774498816783399989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37798047.post-57217375554637376352015-04-13T21:50:55.685-04:002015-04-13T21:50:55.685-04:00The biggest problem is that most people seem to ha...The biggest problem is that most people seem to have not read nor understood what the SCOTUS ruling actually said nor what it means. For most people, Citizen's United was the SCOTUS selling out to big corporations. Many people say "money isn't speech". I wonder what life would be like if the way that we spend money could be regulated. Cancel that, I don't wonder -- I know. It is frightening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37798047.post-17878523570640522642015-04-13T08:08:31.380-04:002015-04-13T08:08:31.380-04:00I'm much more concerned about the non-reportab...I'm much more concerned about the non-reportable foreign micro donations that flowed into a certain POTUS campaign in in 2012 and the FECs unwillingness, then and now, to confront that issue. It's easy enough to correct. When you have a sitting POTUS or potential POTUS seeking the donations of foreign citizens, you have some problems, and it's a big problem when foreigners are seeking to influence U.S. elections.adp113https://www.blogger.com/profile/02767052555060269029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37798047.post-73038391373949163852015-04-13T06:49:51.858-04:002015-04-13T06:49:51.858-04:00It's very simple: EVERYONE is a press. When ou...It's very simple: EVERYONE is a press. When our founders wrote the First Amendment, they didn't mean for "the press" to be some government-approved oligarchy with special privileges; just the opposite. Like free speech, freedom of the press was a right guaranteed to ALL, whether you published a newspaper or just handed out hand-printed leaflets.<br /><br />The Citizens United case simply declared that "the press"--the establishment news media--could no longer claim a monopoly on protected political speech. ALL campaign finance laws violate our free speech and free press rights (and don't do anything to reform elections; in fact, they make it easier for incumbents and more difficult for challengers).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04774498816783399989noreply@blogger.com