Alec Greven: A moral panic in Montana comes for free speech

June 12, 2023   •  By Alec Greven   •  ,

A moral panic has descended upon Montana. Lawmakers here have rammed through overly broad laws in response to vague and unsubstantiated threats.

Alec Greven: Protecting democracy, or gagging businesses?

June 9, 2023   •  By Alec Greven   •  , ,

Protecting democracy, or gagging businesses?

The IRS still plays political speech police

May 31, 2023   •  By Brad Smith   •  , , ,

This month marked the 10th anniversary of the Tea Party scandal: The first public admission by then-Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner that the IRS had ...

Free speech threatened if legislators override veto

May 23, 2023   •  By David Keating   •  ,

A bill that could soon become law, House Bill 1236, would undermine the Oklahoma Citizens Protection Act (OCPA). The OCPA created one of the ...

Opinion: Bill endangers the ability of Texans to speak freely

May 5, 2023   •  By David Keating   •  ,

Texans should take pride in the fact that their state has one of the strongest free-speech protections against frivolous lawsuits in the country.  Unfortunately, a bill currently ...

Trump Indictment Is a Perversion of Campaign-Finance Law

May 5, 2023   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

Here’s where Mr. Bragg’s legal problem comes in: Was the hush money a campaign contribution? The governing statute, the Federal Election Campaign Act, provides ...

LTE: We shouldn’t be limited in pooling our money in political speech

April 21, 2023   •  By David Keating   •  , ,

Your recent editorial (“Ways to combat dark money in Massachusetts politics,” Opinion, April 13) missed the mark in citing Attorney General Maura Healey for not advancing ...

Matching funds tempt corrupt pols & cost plenty

February 14, 2023   •  By Tiffany Donnelly   •  ,

But taxpayers aren’t so lucky. They’re still on the hook for funding the money pit encouraging these corrupt politicians, New York City’s matching funds ...

LTE: Declaring party in school-board races is welcomed

January 31, 2023   •  By Tiffany Donnelly   •  ,

I understand Scott Maxwell’s concerns about partisanship in local elections ( “Judge allows more partisanship in Florida elections. Things are about to get uglier.” ...

Why disclosing ‘dark money’ donations actually hurts your freedom of speech

January 24, 2023   •  By Alec Greven   •  , , ,

Proposition 211 harms your right to join others to form groups to press for government reform. With the law’s forced disclosure of names and addresses, fewer ...

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