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Free Speech on Trial: Jailed But Re-elected

by Michael Boldin | Jun 3, 2024 | History

In a time of political turmoil, when criticism of the government could land you behind bars, Matthew Lyon, a congressman and fierce critic of the Federalist administration of John Adams, dared to defy the Sedition Act, a law that criminalized free speech. This would...

The War on Free Speech is Really a War on the Right to Criticize the Government

by John Whitehead | Apr 26, 2023 | 1st Amendment, Current Events

Absolutely, there is a war on free speech. To be more accurate, however, the war on free speech is really a war on the right to criticize the government. Although the right to speak out against government wrongdoing is the quintessential freedom, every day in this...

Campaign Finance Reform Helps Special Interests

by Tenth Amendment | Jan 23, 2019 | 1st Amendment, Current Events

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,...

Of Mind and Mouth

by Tenth Amendment | Nov 9, 2009 | Liberty

by Clay Barham What two functions do each of us have that always says we are an individual? It is our mind and our mouth, what we think and what we say. No one can take that away from us. No one can punish us for the thoughts we entertain and how we express them....

Are federal campaign finance laws constitutional?

by Rob Natelson | Oct 5, 2009 | 1st Amendment, Bill of Rights, Constitution, Elections

There is an on-going debate about the extent to the First Amendment bars congressional campaign finance limits. That debate is important, but it doesn’t address a more fundamental question: What empowers Congress to regulate congressional campaign finance at...

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Free Speech on Trial: Jailed But Re-elected

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Campaign Finance Reform Helps Special Interests

Of Mind and Mouth

Are federal campaign finance laws constitutional?

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