Federal Campaign Laws Require Donor's Occupation and Employer: Fair or Foul?
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2012/08/17 19:00:00
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The Constitution of the United States of America guarantees Americans the right to free speech in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights. The Founding Fathers wrote this to allow people to disagree with their government and to avoid recrimination or persecution for their opposition or support of any political beliefs.
Campaign finance laws now require Americans to list their occupation and employer when donating money to a political campaign. Laws also require publicly publishing the names of donors, the recipient and the amount. This can chill free speech because anyone can look up donations and use it to punish someone. For instance, an employer may secretly disqualify an applicant because he donated to a different political party.
The First Amendment of the Constitution:
From the Mitt Romney 2012 donation form:
"Federal law requires us to obtain and report your occupation and the name of your employer. If you are not employed, please enter None."
From the Barack Obama 2012 donation form:
"Federal law requires us to use our best efforts to collect and report the name, mailing address, occupation, and employer of individuals whose contributions exceed $200 in an election cycle."
Does requiring information about employment violate the First Amendment? Or is it a fair federal law?
Campaign finance laws now require Americans to list their occupation and employer when donating money to a political campaign. Laws also require publicly publishing the names of donors, the recipient and the amount. This can chill free speech because anyone can look up donations and use it to punish someone. For instance, an employer may secretly disqualify an applicant because he donated to a different political party.
The First Amendment of the Constitution:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
From the Mitt Romney 2012 donation form:
"Federal law requires us to obtain and report your occupation and the name of your employer. If you are not employed, please enter None."
From the Barack Obama 2012 donation form:
"Federal law requires us to use our best efforts to collect and report the name, mailing address, occupation, and employer of individuals whose contributions exceed $200 in an election cycle."
Does requiring information about employment violate the First Amendment? Or is it a fair federal law?
Read More: https://www.mittromney.com/donate/romney-ryan-bump...
Top Opinion
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Zuggi 2012/08/17 00:39:30
Ignorant? Someone here said it so well,
"An intelligent liberal is an oxymoron, a regular liberal is just a moron"
Lemmings are so comfortable in their own colony.
http://www.opensecrets.org/pr...
So what other lame point do you want to make? Being how I already know you are a partisan hack that cant see his own ignorance beyond his party worship.
Not one donor on your little picture, is there? And that is not the page your link brought up. You're screwed, your stupid can't be fixed.
Here's a pretty picture for you.
Now what Jr? You will actually have to make a point or continue to prove you have nothing to offer but being obnoxious.
http://www.opensecrets.org/pr...
The ACTUAL link for the list you posted,
http://www.opensecrets.org/pr...
Notice a difference DUMB @SS?
Not only can I follow a link, I can provide a link for the list you posted WITHOUT a link. That is because I am fluent in both liberal ignorance and liberal stupid, your primary languages.
Of course you little list STILL does not name donors, just bundlers for donations.
"The organizations themselves did not donate , rather the money came from the organizations' PACs, their individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals' immediate families".
WHAT your list does show is that Obama's money came from large CORPORATIONS, Wall Street and pigs at the public trough. Groups that liberals claim support the Republicans!
Wipe your mouth and when you are finished talking.
My link ..
Your link
Again you have NO POINT. You are nothing more than a tiresome troll who's only talent is being obnoxious. Please run that cut below your nose some more maybe you will bleed to death before you ever get around to making whatever STUPID point about the 2008 elections that you think you have.
Shut your mouth and pull your pants back up so we don't have to see you talking out your @ss.
STFU you toxic little troll. You have provided nothing to the conversation except excrement flowing from that cut underneath your nose. STFU until you can at least fake human you knuckledragging POS.
to see whether big-money interests are funding so-called individual donations, maybe?? this has occurred in the USA, ya know!
I think this law violates your First Amendment right to free speech.
Thanks and take care.
My current employer shares my political beliefs, so it is no issue, however , my previous did not, and he was the type to fire people that did not support his candidates (hey, he voted Obama, what else would you expect?)
This is nothing more than trying to make it easier to be able to intimidate people