Court Strikes Down Indiana’s “Anti-Slating” Law
Posted in Press Releases by R Lee Wrights on April 23rd, 2003
In a victory for the Madison Center for Free Speech, a United State District Court on Monday declared that the First Amendment was violated by an Indiana law that prohibited the printing or distribution of a list of candidates expressing support for the candidates without their prior written consent.
Federal Judge John Tinder found that requiring candidate consent caused a candidate’s supporters to “lose the independent quality of their speech, as any slate they publish is now understood as having been licensed by the primary candidate in question,” and also “deprives a candidate of the freedom to retain any neutrality or ambiguity with respect to his would-be supporters.”
WASHINGTON, DC — The bill funding the war in Iraq has become jam- packed with so many special-interest favors — such as a $250 million grant for Southern catfish farmers — that Congress should be ashamed to vote for it, the Libertarian Party says.
