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I think both parties have a shaky record on free speech. For example, the McCain-Feingold Act regulates campaign speech. Senator McCain is a Republican. Senator
by dpatru 16y ago
I think both parties have a shaky record on free speech. For example, the McCain-Feingold Act regulates campaign speech. Senator McCain is a Republican. Senator Feingold is a Democrat. President Bush, a Republican, signed the law. The chief opponent of the law was Senator Mitch McConnell, the leader of the Republicans in the Senate, who challenged the law in court all the way to the Supreme Court. More recently, Democratic President Obama criticized the Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United which rebuffed the government's attempt to ban political speech.
- eli 16y agoThis is an aside, but I object to the notion that money equals speech.
- warfangle 16y agoIn fact, allowing corporations to donate willy-nilly to political candidates could quite possibly curtail the political speech of their employees: imagine working for a company, and finding out that by working for them you have inadvertently funded a political ideal that you are in direct opposition to. Would you quit your job over it? In this market? Maybe a lot of folks on here would, as our skillsets are in demand. What about a factory worker?
- anamax 16y agoHow is that any different from a union taking stands that you don't agree with? If I have a right of free speech and you have a right of free speech, how is it that together we don't have a right of free speech? In other words, I'm not referring to the "corporation as person" doctrine but the "corporation as voluntary association of people" reality.
- vaksel 16y agoi wasn't talking about speech in general, I was talking more about the "they said something critical about me...subpoena them" sort of actions. but yes both parties are shitty when it comes to free speech....ex: both support free speech zones etc.