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...Besides, the courts have been kind to Bush when he's needed them, and the lawyers - led by a strange-bedfellow coalition of the ACLU, the conservative Southeast Legal Foundation, and whomever McConnell hires - are lining up to take a whack at the constitutionality of whatever Bush signs...
...Third, there's the courts. Severable or not, the lawyers - led by a bedfellow coalition of the ACLU, the conservative Southeast Legal Foundation, and whomever McConnell hires - are lining up to take a whack at the constitutionality of whatever Bush signs into law. One lawyer, James Bopp Jr., has been doing this sort of thing on the state level for years, and he's got 30 knockouts in 33 decisions...
...vanguard of this conceptualization of soft money is the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Two years ago, the ACLU opposed a forerunner of the McCain-Feingold bill on the grounds that banning soft money would "chill free expression." These same dire warnings were echoed in a New York Times op-ed piece last week where the authors (one of whom is general counsel for the New York Civil Liberties Union) sought to prove that banning soft money is tantamount to "prohibit[ing] speech...
This, the ACLU states, constitutes an explicit restriction placed on speech. Here, finally, is an argument that makes sense: it is not the government's place to curtail independent political advocacy. Unfortunately, a better way to solve the problem of soft money has yet to present itself, and the power of those funds is too damaging to our political system to ignore. Chilling effects on the free expenditure of money or no, the McCain-Feingold must be passed. Let the free speech advocates battle those specific provisions out in the courts: in the meantime, the bill can serve to stem...
This fall, the Curleys brought a $200 million lawsuit against NAMBLA, which is being defended by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The parents hope to bankrupt the group, thus forcing them to shut down. The ACLU has claimed that constitutionally, this is an "open and shut case," and has asked the judge to throw it out. This case, and the notion that a NAMBLA victory would allow the organization to continue to distribute their filth, is enough to make any conscionable person sick. It may be an "open and shut case," but not in the way the ACLU interprets...