Wednesday, September 25, 2013



Free Speech Is So Annoying to Elected Officials

Corsi lives in Geauga County, Ohio, where he strives to be a burr under the saddle of public officials who disregard the Constitution, which to Corsi means most of them. So a few years ago he started a blog (why should he be different?) and got together with a couple of like-minded folks. The called themselves the Geauga Constitutional Council.

One day Corsi was handing out pamphlets at a county fair. One of the people who took a flyer was Ed Ryder, a Republican and a member of the local Board of Elections. Corsi didn’t have much nice to say about Ryder. So Ryder did what any petty Napoleon would do: He went after Corsi using Ohio’s campaign-finance laws.

Long story short: Because Corsi spent money, no matter how little (his website cost all of $40), the Ohio Election Commission said Corsi should have incorporated his group and registered with the state as a political action committee — hiring a lawyer to help with the “very complicated” process. As far as Ohio is concerned a political action committee can consist of as few as two people. Besides, Corsi engaged in “express advocacy” about politicians. The horror.

Two courts have ruled in the commission’s favor. The Center for Competitive Politics, which is based in Arlington, has asked the Supreme Court to hear Corsi’s case. Let’s hope the justices agree to do so, because the Corsi case epitomizes a growing problem: the censoring of free speech through back-door regulation.

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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Typical of must oppressive and tyrannical governments, they claim to be "free" but want to make it as difficult as possible for the peasant class to engage in politics that they simply give up.

It appears be a pay-to-play scenario set up to keep the lower class quiet.

Anonymous said...

A "free" Country? LOL!! If you think America is still a free country, you're obviously a fool, or a leftist.

Anonymous said...

@6:14, you still have your guns, you still have your bible, you still have Faux News. What more do you need? The only thing you do not have is any rational thought.

Bird of Paradise said...

Then maybe its time these arrogant pompoius peacocks got totaly plucked their ruffling my feathers

Anonymous said...

Anon 6:27.........you've got your traitor, Muslim President, your unaffordable, affordable non-healthcare, your black on white violence in the crumbling Democrat cities, your global warming fraud. etc., etc., etc. No wonder America hating pos like you are so happy.

Anonymous said...

@7:55, one word for you: delusional. Please! Please! Get back on your meds. It will be OK.

Anonymous said...

Don't worry about his meds. Just finish your Kool-Aid.

Anonymous said...

Why are any of you even wasting your time responding to some troll who said nothing about the original post. Ignore him and he will go pout somewhere else.