Comments on: A Different Take on the Supreme Court Ruling http://www.ksefocus.com/citizens Government Affairs and Strategic Communications Fri, 21 May 2010 12:08:41 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Charlie Merriman http://www.ksefocus.com/citizens/comment-page-1#comment-23 Charlie Merriman Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:30:10 +0000 http://www.ksefocus.com/?p=1759#comment-23 Great piece, Kevin. I still maintain the decision was a poor legal decision on the grounds that the provisions struck down (prohibition on using general treasury funds from corps and unions to fund political speech, 30 day moritorium on distribution of "electioneering communications" prior to primary) do not violate the 1st Amendment -- but that is not the point of your blog, is it? Your point is that we shouldn't judge a decision (there's a nice twist) based on what we anticipate will be the effect of the decision. Court decisions, like policy positions, must be judged on their merits. That is a great, apolitical point with which I fully agree. Great piece, Kevin. I still maintain the decision was a poor legal decision on the grounds that the provisions struck down (prohibition on using general treasury funds from corps and unions to fund political speech, 30 day moritorium on distribution of “electioneering communications” prior to primary) do not violate the 1st Amendment — but that is not the point of your blog, is it?

Your point is that we shouldn’t judge a decision (there’s a nice twist) based on what we anticipate will be the effect of the decision. Court decisions, like policy positions, must be judged on their merits. That is a great, apolitical point with which I fully agree.

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