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The ACLU Approves Limits on Speech: On campaign contributions, a dramatic about-face.

By ADF Alliance Alert

Floyd Abrams, Ira Glass and Joel Gora write at the Wall Street Journal: "If that headline has a certain man bites dog quality, it's because for almost 40 years the ACLU was the one major liberal organization that opposed campaign finance restrictions as violating the First Amendment . . . Nonetheless, we've come to this: The premier First Amendment organization in America now favors limitations on the First Amendment in the area in which all agree it must have its most powerful application?political speech during election campaigns." "Mr. Abrams represented Sen. Mitch McConnell in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Mr. Glasser was executive director of the ACLU from 1978-2001. Mr. Gora, a professor at Brooklyn Law School, is counsel to ACLU on campaign finance cases."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on April 30, 2010 (boomark / email).