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Andrea Joy Campbell: I do. Once more, though, it is important to begin by an expression of respect. I do not doubt that my colleague from…

On the recordJune 18, 1998
I do. Once more, though, it is important to begin by an expression of respect. I do not doubt that my colleague from California is a careful student of the law. But the holding in Massachusetts Citizens for Life, and I am going to recur to the exact quote I used was, ``The Edition cannot be regarded as a mere discussion of public issues that by their nature raise the names of certain politicians. Rather, it provides in effect an explicit directive.'' So the distinction the court appeared to be directing its attention to was, you have over here a mere discussion of public issues, and you have over here what is in effect a directive. The turning of the logic is not on the use of the words. It is on, is this a discussion of public issues or is it a directive to vote? And so under that interpretation, I think it is quite fair to say that the inclusion of names that close to an election is a directive to vote.
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Andrea Joy Campbell
Massachusetts

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Discussing the implications of a court ruling on political speech and election directives.

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