Comments on: Pssst! Lobbying is speech. Pass it on. https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/08/pssst-lobbying-is-speech-pass-it-on/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 05 Aug 2019 14:43:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: SPO https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/08/pssst-lobbying-is-speech-pass-it-on/comment-page-1/#comment-355528 Mon, 05 Aug 2019 14:43:24 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73480#comment-355528 Is it “free speech”? Nope. The fact that this woman has had to deal with means that the First Amendment, as to her, doesn’t exist. And we all know that none of the bureaucrats will pay a price for this appalling infringement on her rights.

]]> By: SPO https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/08/pssst-lobbying-is-speech-pass-it-on/comment-page-1/#comment-355514 Sun, 04 Aug 2019 19:23:53 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73480#comment-355514 Of course, McClure says that his agency will enforce the law. Well, the law should be enforced against him. He is acting under color of law and is violating her First Amendment rights. She should swear out a complaint, and he should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

]]> By: David C https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/08/pssst-lobbying-is-speech-pass-it-on/comment-page-1/#comment-355513 Sun, 04 Aug 2019 17:05:16 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73480#comment-355513 In reply to jdgalt.

No. How is purchasing a billboard bribery, unless a politician owned the billboard?

There are, of course, certain lobbying practices that border on bribery, but lobbying itself is not.

]]> By: Rxc https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/08/pssst-lobbying-is-speech-pass-it-on/comment-page-1/#comment-355505 Sat, 03 Aug 2019 19:01:19 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73480#comment-355505 Is the New York Times Company registered as a lobbyist?

]]> By: jdgalt https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/08/pssst-lobbying-is-speech-pass-it-on/comment-page-1/#comment-355504 Sat, 03 Aug 2019 16:38:50 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73480#comment-355504 Isn’t lobbying also bribery?

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