April 1, 2009
Last
week the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case involving legal
restrictions on movies that criticize political candidates. Thanks
to campaign finance reform, notes Senior Editor Jacob Sullum,
activists can go to prison for distributing a documentary that
makes a politician look bad. Worse, the Obama administration argues
that the Constitution allows the government to censor books and Web
content as well, all in the name of preventing "the appearance of
corruption."
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