Supreme Court Loosens Election Ad Limits

The purpose of the 1st Amendment was to protect free speech, esp in the political arena. Recently laws like McCain-Feingold has sought to put limits on that that are clearly unconstitutional.

1 of those limits was an attempt to prevent certain types of ads being run by 3rd parties within the last few weeks of an election cycle. Despite what was said by the laws supporters, this whole ban was really an attempt by incumbants to limit valid criticism against them. It was clearly an attempt to overturn the 1st Amendment guarentee of free speech, esp in the political arena. & it doesn't matter if the real intent was to lobby the Congress, as was the intent by Wisconsin Right to Life, or to speak out for or against a candidate.

"Discussion of issues cannot be suppressed simply because the issues may also be pertinent in an election," wrote Chief Justice Roberts. "Where the First Amendment is implicated, the tie goes to the speaker, not the censor." He is absolutely right.

Lets hope that sanity prevails soon & that the rest of the attack on the 1st Amendment in the form of censorship of political speech that is at the heart of McCain-Feingold is soon recognized as well by the Courts.

High Court Loosens Restrictions on Campaign Ads