Submitted by Eric Bram, Feb 5, 2007 14:01

Every "campaign finance reform" law that's passed makes it harder for anyone except the rich and powerful to make their voice heard. The result has been to restrict political speech more and more to only those who control Political Action Committees, or who own or control newspapers, TV stations, and other media. The Supreme Court's recent upholding of the "Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002" is the Court's worst decision since Korematsu v. United States (1944), and the worst blow to the First Amendment ever.

Are you an American citizen, or a group of American citizens, who want to use your own money to buy air time or newspaper space to publish your opinion of a presidential candidate within 90 days of the election? Sorry, you can't. The editors of The New York Times can publish their opinions though, as often as they like, right up to election day.

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