June 2006
US Supreme Court sides with Libertarians, Upholds Political Free Speech
The Vermont LP issued a press release today on the US Supreme Court campaign finance law decision.
US Supreme Court sides with Libertarians, Upholds Political Free Speech
US Supreme Court sides with Libertarians, Upholds Political Free Speech
As Vermont Libertarian Party Chair Hardy Machia predicted in February, the US Supreme Court overturned Vermont’s onerous campaign finance laws. Libertarians in Vermont are cheering upon hearing the news. A 6-3 decision in the Randall v. Sorrell case by the US Supreme Court threw out the restrictive spending and contribution limits on candidates and political parties passed by the Vermont legislature in 1997.
Verizon/NSA update
VTLP treasurer Michael Bandler was quoted in this article that appeared in papers today.
“I think they have betrayed us as consumers,” said Bandler, who is also distressed by the alleged part played by the federal government in the matter. “The threat to this democracy may not be overseas, it may be in Washington.”
No Child Left Behind
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND: “In one century we went from teaching Latin and Greek in
high school to offering remedial English in college.” — Joseph Sobran,
syndicated columnist.
