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Election Reform

eallen

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1. It's unclear how that would interact with the 1st amendment

Reply to Al Carroll (Original post)

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 03:40 PM

Sep 2014

Suppose a future Michael Moore wants to make a movie critical of a future George Bush prior to an election where he is candidate. Does that count as "campaigning"? Is his production company free to spend money on its production and distribution?

And if that is regulated, at what point do you draw the line between that and, say, editorial endorsements by the New York Times, Inc?

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A Proposed New Constitution Articles 4 & 5, Ending the Buying of Elections [View all] Al Carroll Sep 2014 OP

It's unclear how that would interact with the 1st amendment eallen Sep 2014 #1

Only campaigns Al Carroll Sep 2014 #3

Then it wouldn't affect Citizens United. Which would be fine... eallen Sep 2014 #4

K&R... thought provoking and informative. freshwest Sep 2014 #2