Quote Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit View Post
Good, that law is unconstitutional.
“If the First Amendment has any force,” Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote for the majority, which included the four members of its conservative wing, “it prohibits Congress from fining or jailing citizens, or associations of citizens, for simply engaging in political speech.”

From the Majority Opinion:
The law before us is an outright ban, backed by criminal sanctions. Section 441b makes it a felony for all corporations — including nonprofit advocacy corporations — either to expressly advocate the election or defeat of candidates or to broadcast electioneering communications within 30 days of a primary election and 60 days of a general election. Thus, the following acts would all be felonies under §441b: The Sierra Club runs an ad, within the crucial phase of 60 days before the general election, that exhorts the public to disapprove of a Congressman who favors logging in national forests; the National Rifle Association publishes a book urging the public to vote for the challenger because the incumbent U. S. Senator supports a handgun ban; and the American Civil Liberties Union creates a Web site telling the public to vote for a Presidential candidate in light of that candidate’s defense of free speech. These prohibitions are classic examples of censorship.

This isn't any sort of sell out; it's a recognition of the first amendment and a strike against incumbent protection laws passed by those same incumbents.

CR
you do realize that the word "amendment" itself states that the original writers made a mistake right??

so why can´t the amendment itself be wrong? saying that corporations can essentially "buy" political power does not lead anywhere good.