25: Protected Speech
Oppose any restrictions or conditions that would discourage Americans from exercising their constitutional right to enter
the political fray or limit their commitment to their ideals.
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The First Amendment: Speech that is Protected -- The rights of citizenship do not stop at the ballot box. They include the
free speech right to devote one’s resources to whatever cause or candidate one supports. We oppose any restrictions or conditions
that would discourage Americans from exercising their constitutional right to enter the political fray or limit their commitment
to their ideals. As a result, we support repeal of the remaining sections of McCain-Feingold, support either raising or repealing
contribution limits, and oppose passage of the DISCLOSE Act or any similar legislation designed to vitiate the Supreme Court’s
recent decisions protecting political speech in Wisconsin Right to Life v. Federal Election Commission and Citizens United
v. Federal Election Commission. We insist that there should be no regulation of political speech on the Internet. By the same
token, we oppose governmental censorship of speech through the so-called Fairness Doctrine or by government enforcement of
speech codes, free speech zones, or other forms of “political correctness” on campus.
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