Comments on: Free speech roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/04/free-speech-roundup-28/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 28 Apr 2014 12:45:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Immediate SLAPP-ruling appealability - Overlawyered https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/04/free-speech-roundup-28/comment-page-1/#comment-281943 Mon, 28 Apr 2014 12:45:09 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=44328#comment-281943 […] Michael Mann’s defamation suit against Mark Steyn, National Review and others. Earlier here, here, here, […]

]]> By: Criticism of books still protected in Washington | Ex Curia https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/04/free-speech-roundup-28/comment-page-1/#comment-279081 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 04:14:51 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=44328#comment-279081 […] Hattip: Overlawyered […]

]]> By: Hugo S. Cunningham https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/04/free-speech-roundup-28/comment-page-1/#comment-278726 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 05:22:39 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=44328#comment-278726 >Money spent trying to spread a political message is speech

No, money is not “speech,” except in strawman arguments set up by opponents. But money is a crucial means for mass dissemination of speech, aka “the press.” The drafters of the First Amendment realized that one was ineffective without the other.

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