Regardless of which side these groups were on, I think they got a raw deal. Basically, they were fined for admitting that they were engaged in trying to express their opinions on matters of national importance.
What's the whole point of the First Amendment if not to allow people the right to freely associate and freely comment on elections?
The Times could do something good for America here. They could fight the law that they are accused of having broken and get it overturned. I would respect that since, as noted above, I think its a bad law no matter who it targets.
Of course, they probably won't do that. Instead, they'll probably continue to claim they didn't break the law while urging its use against conservatives in the future.
Just another example of censorship on the left?
