Posted by Orin Kerr: Should the FEC Regulate Political Blogging?: [1]Rick Hasen offers some thoughts. I am no expert in this stuff, but the [2]recent comments of FEC Commissioner Bradley Smith that the FEC might start to regulate blogging sound to me more like parts of a media strategy than a prediction. Smith is strongly opposed to campaign finance regulation, and suggesting that the FEC might start regulating lots of bloggers is a surefire way to get the blogosphere in the mood to oppose campaign finance regulation.
References 1. http://www.personaldemocracy.com/node/416 2. http://news.com.com/The+coming+crackdown+on+blogging/2008-1028_3-5597079.html _______________________________________________ Volokh mailing list [email protected] http://highsorcery.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volokh
