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To: Neocon who wrote (10754)	2/8/2002 2:01:01 PM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 93284

You are mistaken about what the Supreme Court has ruled. All rulings thus far have called soft money restriction unconstitutional. I happen to think that The FEC v. Colorodo Republican Federal Election Campaign Committee ruling does allow restrictions. We hold that a party’s coordinated expenditures, unlike expenditures truly independent, may be restricted to minimize circumvention of contribution limits. We therefore reject the Party’s facial challenge and, accordingly, reverse the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. . Did you think Plessy vs. Ferguson was a correct ruling? Have you examined it in detail,... Yes. Yes, but it's been a long time. jttmab

To: Neocon who wrote (10754)	2/8/2002 2:32:36 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

"money is the means through which one hires the "megaphone" That describes it well. But your description of the Supreme Court decision ignores applying these laws of the "public commons". Just like the townhall debate you can see the problem that can occur. Those bringing a sufficiently large megaphone shout down others and limit debate. The other big danger is the limitation of media outlets and editorial diversity by concentration of ownership, which effectively compounds the "shouting down" problem of the bigger-megaphone media buys, with a different problem of screening of news stories and opinion. For some issues, the same "big megaphone" folks who shout down dissenters inside the hall can also be media owners who can shut the doors to keep others out.