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Supreme Irrelevance: Will High Court Be Undone By Political Reality?

Friday, December 19, 2003

When is a television station not a television station? How about if it is owned by the National Rifle Association? It may not seem momentous, but the NRA`s announcement this week that it might buy a television or radio station has sent shockwaves through campaign-finance-regulation advocates and may ultimately undo last week`s Supreme Court decision upholding McCain-Feingold. If the NRA were recognized as a media organization, it would be free to say what it wanted about political candidates, not constrained by any campaign-finance laws. No worries about restrictions on independent campaign expenditures.

Read About It: John R. Lott.com

POSTED: Friday, December 19, 2003

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