Reining in McCain-Feingold

Good news from the U.S. Supreme Court--a majority has decided to rein in McCain-Feingold's limits on the First Amendment. ("Court allows issue ads near elections"). What's interesting in the article is all the references to political labels--i.e., "Conservative" and Liberal" (asdie: what do you think about using "Conservative" with the term "allies" but "Liberal" with the term "colleagues"?) This is a problem on this issue (and many, frankly) as the so-called "Conservatives" in this case ruled on the side of the ACLU and a host of other "Liberal" organizations.

On a related note, I attended an election law seminar over the weekend for Republican lawyers, and one of the panelists was James Bopp, the lead attorney in the Wisconsin Right to Life v. FEC case above. Despite how this ruling is being and will be portrayed in the so-called mainstream media, it represents a chipping away at Constitutionally offensive legislation to suppress free political speech--the precise speech intended for protection by the 1st Amendment (though Lefty legal types would have us think it is virtual porn and smutty rap lyrics the Framers had in mind).