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Democrats pushed through the "Disclose Act" 219 to 206. This is Congress attempt to legislate who has free speech and who doesn't. The war on our Civil Liberties continue unabated.
NRA, Unions, Sierra Club, AARP were against it until they were bought off and given exemptions so they could get the bill passed. The bill is meant to stop grass root free speech.
ACLU has blasted the bill because of it violation of American first amendment rights. Good for them. Shame on the NRA for being bought off.
NRA, Unions, Sierra Club, AARP were against it until they were bought off and given exemptions so they could get the bill passed. The bill is meant to stop grass root free speech.
ACLU has blasted the bill because of it violation of American first amendment rights. Good for them. Shame on the NRA for being bought off.
1. The DISCLOSE Act fails to preserve the anonymity of small donors, thereby especially chilling the expression rights of those who support controversial causes....
2. The DISCLOSE Act would chill not only express advocacy on political candidates, but also issue advocacy....
3. The DISCLOSE Act imposes impractical requirements on those who wish to communicate using broadcasting messages....
4. The DISCLOSE Act imposes unjust restrictions on contractors, TARP participants and corporations with minimal foreign participation.
Here's one illustration of how the bill's "disclosure" requirements can be expected to deter speech (the admitted goal of its sponsors):
The individual or organizational disclosure statement, the significant funder disclosure statement, and the top-five funders statement each take up six seconds, meaning more than half of many 30-second television messages would be filled with compelled disclosures. It is difficult to even conceive of a way to use 15-second messages.
2. The DISCLOSE Act would chill not only express advocacy on political candidates, but also issue advocacy....
3. The DISCLOSE Act imposes impractical requirements on those who wish to communicate using broadcasting messages....
4. The DISCLOSE Act imposes unjust restrictions on contractors, TARP participants and corporations with minimal foreign participation.
Here's one illustration of how the bill's "disclosure" requirements can be expected to deter speech (the admitted goal of its sponsors):
The individual or organizational disclosure statement, the significant funder disclosure statement, and the top-five funders statement each take up six seconds, meaning more than half of many 30-second television messages would be filled with compelled disclosures. It is difficult to even conceive of a way to use 15-second messages.