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Thursday, April 03, 2008

Blogger Protection Act of 2008

Rep. Jeb Hensarling introduced the Blogger Protection Act of 2008 today.

Will you join the Center for Competitive Politics in supporting this important bill?
The bill protects bloggers from dangerous campaign finance regulations by guarantees blogs the same protections granted to other forms of media under federal campaign finance laws. 
 
The legislation also protects bloggers from ever being considered to have made a contribution or expenditure on behalf of, or in opposition to, a candidate by simply linking to campaign websites or writing about the positions of federal candidates. 
From the Center for Competitive Politics. I don't have to tell you what to do. Just do it.
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) issued regulations two years ago protecting bloggers from being hampered by these campaign finance laws. But these blogger protections are just regulatory葉hey are not in statute.
 
As you know, regulations can be changed without congressional action, and there's no telling what a future FEC might decide to do. Therefore, we shouldn't put the freedom of bloggers in the regulatory hands of the FEC. Congress should protect them in law.

Please let me know if you are interested in supporting the Blogger Protection Act of 2008.

If you do support the bill, we would appreciate if you are willing to sign onto this letter to Congress that the Center for Competitive Politics drafted in support of the bill.

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There's a catch-22 by this. By allowing them to pass legislation to protect bloggers we give credence to the idea the government has the authority to regulate this form of free speech. They can then repeal that legislation and after years of accepting the protective laws it will weaken the case arguing the government shouldn't be allowed to regulating it.

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