Comments on: The ACLU wants to be your estate planner http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/06/the_aclu_wants.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:18:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Frank http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/06/the_aclu_wants.html/comment-page-1#comment-58352 Frank Fri, 16 Jun 2006 02:43:19 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/06/the-aclu-wants-to-be-your-estate-planner.html#comment-58352 The ACLU also played a key role in opposing campaign finance laws in the Buckley era (and perhaps still today). I've often wondered if that was all about free speech absolutism, or if donor preferences played a role. As Owen Fiss's Irony of Free Speech shows, liberty and equality are often in tension! (and perhaps this article shows a liberty vs liberty conflict!: http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA061FF93B5A0C778EDDAC0894DE404482 The ACLU also played a key role in opposing campaign finance laws in the Buckley era (and perhaps still today). I’ve often wondered if that was all about free speech absolutism, or if donor preferences played a role. As Owen Fiss’s Irony of Free Speech shows, liberty and equality are often in tension!

(and perhaps this article shows a liberty vs liberty conflict!:

http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA061FF93B5A0C778EDDAC0894DE404482

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