Vermont Libertarian News – March 2006
Featuring state campaign finance law being heard by US Supreme Court, Vermont Libertarian Party Annual Convention, Harry Browne, Women’s History Month, Walter Cronkite, and more.
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Chair Predicts Campaign Finance Law Will Not Stand
On Tuesday, the Chair and Treasurer of the Vermont Libertarian Party
(VTLP) sat in the gallery of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. to hear the challenge to Vermont’s controversial campaign finance law. The VTLP is one of several participants in the suit challenging the law. At the end of the proceedings, Chair Hardy Machia predicted that the law will not survive the scrutiny of the justices.
VTLP Challenge to Vermont Campaign Finance Law Goes to Supreme Court
The Vermont Libertarian Party has taken the fight to protect political free speech to the U.S. Supreme Court, as one of the plaintiffs in the Supreme Court case, Randall v. Sorrell. The Court is hearing oral arguments in the case on Tuesday, February 28. The Vermont Libertarian Party is challenging a 1997 state campaign finance law that seeks to severely restrict spending by candidates and political parties, and limit private campaign contributions.
Libertarian Response to Governor's Budget Proposal
During the State of the State Address, Governor Douglas quoted Calvin Coolidge saying, “I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them to have the rewards of their own industry. That is the chief meaning of freedom.”
Vermont Libertarian Party Reorganizes, Elects New Leadership
The Vermont Libertarian Party held their biannual reorganization meeting on Saturday, November 19 in Randolph.
