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Supreme Court: Upholding Free Political Speech
January 1, 2018  •  By IFS Staff  •    •  

Questions about free speech and the First Amendment are often decided at the Supreme Court. Over the years, the Court has dealt with such contentious political speech cases as flag burning, campaign spending limits, and banning political films. While there is typically some disagreement on the Court on any individual case, the Court has long held that for any political…

First Amendment gives advocacy groups a right to privacy
June 7, 2017   •  By David Keating   •  ,

By David Keating Perhaps you want to limit the right of elected officials, like Eric Greitens, to raise money for advocacy groups. If so, tread ...

Is the Supreme Court about to give state and local political parties a boost?
May 10, 2017   •  By Brad Smith   •  , , ,

By Bradley A. Smith As part of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance "reform" of 2002, virtually everything these local parties do was brought into the web ...

Hasen on Gorsuch on Citizens United
March 22, 2017   •  By Brad Smith   •  , ,

Rick Hasen thinks that Judge Gorsuch “misstates” the holding of Citizens United v. FEC in his Senate testimony, when he states: I think there is ample ...

Senator Klobuchar on Campaign Finance: An Admission Against Interest?
March 22, 2017   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

As most any law student can tell you, “strict scrutiny” is the toughest standard of judicial review in federal court. Normally, it applies whenever ...

Trump’s America should force the left to embrace corporate speech
March 20, 2017   •  By Alex Baiocco   •  , , ,

This piece originally appeared in The Hill on March 19, 2017.   With confirmation hearings for President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch fast ...

Neil Gorsuch, and the Supreme Court’s Role on Money in Politics
March 19, 2017   •  By Brad Smith   •  , ,

Democrats in Congress have signaled their intention to make campaign finance a major theme of the Gorsuch hearings this week. No doubt with that ...

The truth about Gorsuch’s record on ‘money in politics’
March 16, 2017   •  By David Keating   •  ,

Democrats and progressives are losing their minds over President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch. One left-wing advocacy group released a video titled “3 ...

Gorsuch Understands How Bureaucratic Bullies Harm First Amendment Rights
March 14, 2017   •  By Luke Wachob   •  ,

One of the major threats to free speech today is not censorship. It’s harassment. Here’s how it works. People join or give money to ...

Tester’s assault on corporate rights is an assault on people’s rights
March 7, 2017   •  By Brad Smith   •  , ,

The year is 2019. The government sends in a SWAT team to seize any corporate property it wants without the due process or just ...

Democrats’ Bad-Faith Attacks on Neil Gorsuch and ‘Money in Politics’
March 3, 2017   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , ,

Supreme Court justices are supposed to interpret the Constitution faithfully, not make the law as they wish. Senate Democrats and President Trump’s Supreme Court ...

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