Input/Output

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September 18, 2006   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

Last week I blogged about the IRS prohibition on pulpit endorsements and why it is unjustified.  A couple days later, in a very thoughtful post inspired ...

How Valuable is Disclosure?

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September 18, 2006   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

How Valuable is Disclosure of Campaign Finance Contributions?  The Senate is coming under attack for refusing to pass legislation requiring that Senators campaigns file ...

Burning Down the House Campaign Committees: the Reformers’ Fight Against “Firewalls”

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September 14, 2006   •  By Steve Hoersting   •  ,

The Supreme Court has said that political party committees have a First Amendment right to speak independently of and in coordination with the candidates they ...

Book Forum at Cato: In Defense of Negativity

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September 14, 2006   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

John Samples, Director of Cato's Center for Representative Government, just sent word that Cato will be hosting a book forum on September 20th for ...

Politics and the Pulpit

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September 13, 2006   •  By IFS staff   •  , ,

All too frequently, regulation is a scale that balances the arbitrary against the vague.  Decreasing one tips the scale towards the other.  According to ...

The License in Licensing

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September 12, 2006   •  By Steve Hoersting   •  ,

Mr Carlson: I had one of my disc jockeys, Dr Johnny Fever, give me the lyrics to a song. He wants to ...

Yes, senator, McCain-Feingold does censor political speech

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September 12, 2006   •  By Steve Hoersting   •  ,

CCP Chairman Brad Smith answers Sen. Feingold's assertion that speech is not censored under McCain-Feingold.  Says Smith in today's Examiner:

Feingold’s position is disingenuous. For ...

Can America Survive Half Censored/Half Free? Thoughts on “The Path to 9/11”

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September 11, 2006   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

CCP Chairman Bradley Smith offers some provocative thoughts on efforts to censor the ABC docudrama, "The Path to 9/11," and notes that demands to censor ...

McCain-Feingold Electioneering Brownout Kicks in Today

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September 8, 2006   •  By Brad Smith   •  , ,

The "electioneering communications" provisions of the McCain-Feingold law kick into place today.  This means no union or corporate money may be used to finance ...

Campaign Finance “Reform” and Voter Suppression

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September 5, 2006   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

Is campaign finance reform unconstitutional vote suppression? Maybe.  Click the headline to read more.

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