Supreme Court Case Protects 1st Amendment!

http://www.nysun.com/article/61425
A recent Supreme Court ruling struck down a provision of the McCain-Feingold act preventing people from airing advertisements 30 days before a primary election and 60 days before a general election.  The ruling is seen by many as a victory for the 1st Amendment.  The majority opinion for the case was written by Chief Justice John Roberts, an appointee of George W. Bush.  Critics of the McCain-Feingold law often refer to it as the Incumbent Protection act due to the restrictions it implements on speech during elections, serving to shield politicians from criticism. 

>>8 Preventing interest groups like the ACLU or the NRA from airing issue ads that hold politicians accountable for their voting records while they were in congress is not going to make for a better election imo.

The NRA, the ACLU, and other interest groups should have the right to free speech, and they should have the right to criticize politicians at any time, even if it is 10 days prior to the election.