Court to censors: Take a hike to Morocco
The court ruled the senator is not above criticism before an election, no matter what law Feingold may author.
And three justices even reminded him that Wisconsin is not Morocco.
Feingold lent his name to the McCain-Feingold law, which proponents called “campaign reform” but which was in fact yet another congressional attempt to silence critics. That President Bush signed this monstrosity into law shows that maybe his critics have a point when they belittle his intelligence.
A key provision of this “reform” is a restriction on political ads just before an election.
Oh, not on the ads of the politicians. Senators can run all the TV ads their fat-cat supporters are willing to buy.
No, the politicians restricted what ads the citizenry may run on TV before an election.
This “campaign reform” is like a drunk “curing” his alcoholism by telling his wife she cannot imbibe.