Justices Block Vermont Campaign Finance Law - New York Times
This is the correct decision. I have maintained since this law was passed that people have a right to free speech and any candidate for office should be allowed to spend what they want.
Similarly, I think there should be no limit on donations to specific campaigns. If the money isn't spent on that campaign, it should be returned on a pro-rata basis, or given to a legitimate charity , unless the donor agrees that the candidate can 'keep' it.
Long term officeholders should not be allowed to build war chests for future campaigns. That unfairly favors incumbents.
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The Vermont Libertarian Party, one of the parties involved with the case, now has a press release available, which also includes audio commentary from our state chair, Hardy Machia, about the decision. For more info, click the link above.
Thanks, Libertarians, for spending the $ and effort to argue against this bad law.
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