Unfree Speech

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Author(s) Robert J. Samuelson
Source The Washington Post
Date July 4, 2007
URL http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/03/AR2007070301528.html
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Quotes-start.png "Free speech's value is not only a diversity of views; it is also the ability of people to contest those views. The only desirable controls are contribution disclosures. Let people see who's giving to whom. Free speech involves no right to secret speech. Otherwise, recognize that campaign finance "reform" is a dagger in the First Amendment." Quotes-end.png


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This item argues for the position Act should be repealed on the topic Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act.