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Bill Bennett: I believe the Senator is partly right. I think either that would be the likelihood, that a group would be deprived of…

On the recordSeptember 26, 1997
I believe the Senator is partly right. I think either that would be the likelihood, that a group would be deprived of its right to exercise free speech in that area, or another equally likely outcome, in my view, is that the outcry from the group over the injunction would be sufficiently significant in the press that it would override any discussion of substantive issues from that point forward and the last 60 days of the campaign would be spent bickering over whether or not the group really should or should not have had that right. Either way, it distorts the political dialog in a way I find corrosive and damaging to the intent of the Constitution.
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Bill Bennett

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Discussing the implications of free speech rights during a campaign.

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