Litigation

Disclosing the cynicism of unconstitutional legislation

By Carter Wood

The House voted 216-209 Thursday to pass H.R. 5175, the DISCLOSE Act, unusual even by Capitol Hill standards in its cynical partisanship, crass exemptions for favored groups (labor unions and the NRA), and contempt for the First Amendment. It was a disheartening and aggravating debate to watch, but not too long. As Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA) pointed out, the House has spent 10 hours debating the names of U.S. post offices, but the debate on H.R. 5175 itself was limited to a single hour. (It starts on page H4795 in The Congressional Record.)

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Full post as published by Point of Law on June 25, 2010 (boomark / email).