Show-Me Progressives Forced To Agree With Sen. Hawley's Campaign Finance Reform Efforts

As always . . .

We've always contended that begrudging compliments are the best kind.

Accordingly . . . Here's a hint that Missouri's leading conservative might be on the right track when even his fiercest progressive opponents concede that many of his arguments make a lot of sense . . . 

"(Senator) Hawley is certainly right about the original meaning of the First Amendment. He is also right to recognize that originalism has become, in theory at least, the dominant interpretive practice of the Supreme Court. And he’s right that the case that held to the contrary, Citizens United v. FEC, ignored these principles of originalism.

"But the challenge for Hawley is that none of the originalists on the Supreme Court have even considered how their theory applies to First Amendment limits on campaign finance law."

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The Key to Saving Our Atrocious Campaign Finance Laws Might Be ... Josh Hawley?

Hawley is certainly right about the original meaning of the First Amendment.