Friday, January 22, 2010  A Victory for Free Speech  Patrick
Frey on the Supreme Court decision to slap down government
censorship of political speech.  The case arose from the federal
government banning the showing of a film about Hillary Clinton
too close to Election Day. That power was granted by the
infamous McCain-Feingold law that limits campaign donations and
political speech. It is the same unconstitutional law that saw
to it Michael Moore couldn't promote his anti-Bush diatribe
"Fahernheit 9/11" months before Election Day 2004.  Either we
all have free speech, even idiots like Moore, or none of us do.
Obama and the Democrats are trying to claim this is a victory
for corporations that want to influence elections. Maybe it is.
But is also a victory for Free Speech and the Constitution that
demands "Congress shall make no law..." abridging the freedom of
speech. This is a defeat for politicians and government censors
who want to control what can be said about them when it matters
most.  UPDATE: More fr