Why are Democrats trying to limit free speech?

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And this is why the ACLU is important and deserving of one's discretionary charitable dollars. The proposed amendment is an attempt to limit the damage done by the Supreme Court's terrible Citizens United decision. But the ACLU's legal minds are looking at the proposal in a broader sense and pointing out how the good intentions of minimizing Citizens United could eventually end up hurting freedom of speech.

The Senator who proposed it isn't attempting to limit free speech; he's attempting to limit Big Money's monopoly on free speech. I'm mixed about it. One the one hand, yes, Citizens United was a terrible, terrible decision. On the other hand, there's a law of demising returns and a lot of rich people don't appear to be buyings as many elections as they might have in the past. I don't weep any tears for the hundreds of millions Sheldon Adelson spent on trying to make President Romney.

Hell, I doubt she'll win, but Zephyr Teachout sent a real scare into Cuomo. I voted for her today. If I want a Republican to govern, I'll vote for an actual Republican. Andrew Cuomo is to Mario Cuomo as Mitt Romney is to George Romney. The apple didn't just fall far from the tree; it rolled into an entirely different pasture.