Roy Blunt: “I think there are viable laws that do come into effect here. The…”

On the recordJuly 14, 1998

I think there are viable laws that do come into effect here. The Doolittle amendment specifically talks about voter guides. If the voter guide that some group sends out is untruthful, there is recourse in that. I think for the Congress to decide what organizations can say, that is the job of the courts, not the job of the Congress. The first amendment did not give to the Congress the right to determine what was truthful language and what could be said in a free society.

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Roy Blunt

Republican · Missouri

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Discussing the implications of the Doolittle amendment on voter guides and free speech.

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Roy Blunt: “I think there are viable laws that do come into effect here. The Doolittle amendment specifically talks about voter…”

Editor's note · Context