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| | | | | [AI summary] The text discusses the legal and historical context surrounding campaign finance regulations, particularly focusing on the regulation of corporate and union political speech. It highlights key Supreme Court cases such as Buckley v. Valeo, Citizens United v. FEC, and McConnell v. FEC, which have shaped the understanding of corporate expenditures in elections. The text emphasizes the distinction between direct contributions and independent expenditures, the role of PACs, and the rationale behind restrictions on corporate spending to prevent corruption and the appearance thereof. It also references the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) and the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA), noting how they have been upheld by the Court as legitimate exer... | |
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historyforatheists.com
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| | | | | Alec Ryrie, Unbelievers - An Emotional History of Doubt (William Collins, 2019) 262 pp. We unbelievers are often mentioned in passing in histories of religion, but there are only a few works of history that focus on those of us who reject religion or who never held religious beliefs at all. This one is by a scholar who is a Christian, but one who strives to give a balanced and nuanced view of how various modern Western strains of unbelief... Read More Read More | |
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ageofrevolutions.com
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| | | | | This piece is a part of our ongoing series, entitled "Rethinking the Revolutionary Canon." By Blake Smith Capitalist democracy has a problem with public health. The premises of political and economic liberalism, which organize society around the self-directed and self-interested action of individuals in accordance with generally-binding laws, are incompatible with those of modern "medical... | |
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quadrant.org.au
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| | | Israel was attacked, as was the United States by Japan. There is no basis for thinking the Hamas terrorists running Gaza will stop their aattacks, just as there was no reason to believe that Japanese aggression would stop at Pearl Harbour. Israel is therefore entitled to wage war until it has won total victory, as did the US and its allies. Sadly, there is no upper limit in the rules of war on the headcount of dead civilians | ||