The Fight for Free Speech Continues
By Robert Frommer
Yesterday, the Institute for Justice filed a reply brief in the U.S. Supreme
Court in support of its challenge to Arizona's Clean Elections Act. The
Goldwater Institute, which is litigating a related challenge before the
Court, filed its reply brief on Tuesday.
For those of you who don't remember, Arizona's system gives publicly
financed candidates government money whenever traditional candidates or
independent groups speak "too much." Here's a short video that explains how
the Act works:
Click link to view YouTube video
The Dirty Game Of Arizona's "Clean Elections"
http://www.makenolaw.org/blog/5-politicalspeech/176-the-fight-for-free-speech-continues?
The reply briefs that the Institute for Justice and the Goldwater Institute
filed demonstrate not only how this regime violates the First Amendment, but
how it flouts a directly controlling U.S. Supreme Court case that was
decided just three years ago.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the case on March 28th.
Come back to MakeNoLaw.org for more updates as the case progresses.
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