View source for Permission to Speak Freely: The "electioneering communications" ban silences interest groups when their messages matter most

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|author=Jacob Sullum
|source=Reason
|date=September 6, 2006
|url=http://www.reason.com/sullum/090606.shtml
|quote="It seems Americans now need permission to speak out on political issues and petition the government. I'd suggest a constitutional amendment protecting those rights, but I thought we already had one."
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