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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs the ACLU supporting the constitutional amendment to limit money in political
campaigns? It used to have a position that money=speech and I wonder if that policy stand has been reversed, given what it has led to...
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)They do huge amounts of good.
CTyankee
(63,893 posts)great people.
But that policy stand was made quite a while ago, back in the 70s. We've come a long way since that time and have learned a few things...knowing that organization, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if it is a bitterly argued issue right now...
They wrote a letter which trots out a parade of horribles that will result from such an amendment, but are willfully blind to the fact that some of those horribles are already happening or are virtually impossible to happen given the language of the amendment.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)CTyankee
(63,893 posts)Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)which say mean things about candidates in elections. Which is what most of these suggested amendments would do.
OTOH they are open to laws mandating improved disclosure of campaign-related expenditures, which I support.