1st Amendment
Giving Federalism the Middle Finger
The impulse to turn everything into a federal case – even something a personal as an obscene finger gesture – flips the middle finger at the political system the founders created. Whether you agree with the behavior or not, the “right” to wave your middle...
Campaign Finance Reform Helps Special Interests
by Ron Paul One of the new Democratic House majority’s top priorities is so-called campaign finance reform legislation. Contrary to the claims of its supporters, campaign finance reform legislation does not limit the influence of powerful special interests. Instead,...
“Assault Weapon” Bans Are Really About Political Censorship
Gun grabbers are often very clever in how they argue about the right to keep and bear arms. However, their rationalizations for gun control policies are often confusing. In reality, they either don’t quite fully realize, or don’t care to admit, the true reason...
New Study Shows Campaign Disclosure Rules Violate First Amendment
Many commentators and politicians have attacked the Supreme Court’s 2010 case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission for holding that citizens do not surrender their First Amendment rights when they organize under state corporation law. The Vermont state...