I have always maintained that the McCain Feingold Campaign law is bad law and bad public policy. Here's one more case that proves the point. As explained here, MF would require regulation of blogs that have certain campaign implications, e.g., links, quotes forwarded to private address lists, etc.. This is pure nonsense. Any private citizen should have the right to express herself to as many people as desired in any medium free of any government encumbrance under the First Amendment.
The explanation provided here by a FEC staffer clearly makes this aspect of MF unconstitutional. MF is BAD and should be repealed in total.
Update:
Here's a piece in Sunday's NY Times (3/6/05) on the same topic. The FEC (should we say 'FECless?') has an impossible task in an area that may very well impact my First Amendment rights. McCain-Feingold should be repealed.
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