5 Responses to “Citizens United (Hillary: the Movie) v. Federal Election Commission”

1. #1 |  ClubMedSux |  May 11th, 2009 at 10:43 am

   The Clash was right: you have the right to free speech as long as you’re not dumb enough to actually try it.

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2. #2 |  Jozef |  May 11th, 2009 at 2:04 pm

   Here’s something I don’t understand: Hillary The Movie was on pay-per-view, so only people who paid could’ve seen it. Presumably, people who were willing to pay were either those who didn’t like Hillary already or those who were looking for additional information in order to make an educated decision at the polls. What the FEC did thus was to prevent voters from accessing information that could’ve helped them to make a better decision. Am I too naive if I didn’t suspect the FEC of actively dumbing down the electorate?

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3. #3 |  Mattocracy |  May 11th, 2009 at 7:16 pm

   An equal fear is that they are going to try to classify dissenting political speech as hate speech towards the government. I think that is as much a worry as the campaign finance laws.

   Rush Limbaugh was equated to a terrorist by Wonda Sykes for not supporting Obama. That was not a joke, but foreshadowing. Then they’ll lock up Michael Moore in the cell next to him.

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4. #4 |  But What Would A Corporation Under “Joy-Induced Stupor” Look Like? « Around The Sphere |  May 12th, 2009 at 2:47 pm

   [...] Randy Balko and John Schwenkler have the video up. Freddie at The Gentlemen has a long post up about campaign [...]

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5. #5 |  What Would A Corporation Under “Joy-Induced Stupor” Look Like? « Around The Sphere |  May 12th, 2009 at 2:49 pm

   [...] Randy Balko and John Schwenkler have the video up. Freddie at The Gentlemen has a long post up about campaign [...]

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