The U.S. Supreme Court will decide November 1 whether to take a free speech case on campaign finance rules that the plaintiffs, not of the wealthy class, claim deprive them of their rights. (Chicago Tribune, October 30, 2013, by Paul Sherman Forbes)
Conservative columnist George Will, The Washington Post, October 30, 2013, writes that the Supreme Court has gradually torn down the barriers between the First Amendment and political activity, protecting citizens from regulation of speech through campaign finance reform laws.