
June 2006


US Supreme Court sides with Libertarians, Upholds Political Free Speech
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The Vermont LP issued a press release today on the US Supreme Court campaign finance law decision.
US Supreme Court sides with Libertarians, Upholds Political Free Speech

US Supreme Court sides with Libertarians, Upholds Political Free Speech
VTLP Staff Press Releases campaign finance law, Randall v. Sorrell, randall vs sorrell campaign finance lawsuit vermont, US Supreme Court, vermont libertarian party 0
As Vermont Libertarian Party Chair Hardy Machia predicted in February, the US Supreme Court overturned Vermont’s onerous campaign finance laws. Libertarians in Vermont are cheering upon hearing the news. A 6-3 decision in the Randall v. Sorrell case by the US Supreme Court threw out the restrictive spending and contribution limits on candidates and political parties passed by the Vermont legislature in 1997.

Verizon/NSA update
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VTLP treasurer Michael Bandler was quoted in this article that appeared in papers today.
“I think they have betrayed us as consumers,” said Bandler, who is also distressed by the alleged part played by the federal government in the matter. “The threat to this democracy may not be overseas, it may be in Washington.”

No Child Left Behind
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NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND: “In one century we went from teaching Latin and Greek in
high school to offering remedial English in college.” — Joseph Sobran,
syndicated columnist.