{"id":225,"date":"2003-10-20T05:27:59","date_gmt":"2003-10-20T10:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/hacking-buckley-v-valeo\/"},"modified":"2003-10-20T05:27:59","modified_gmt":"2003-10-20T10:27:59","slug":"hacking-buckley-v-valeo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/hacking-buckley-v-valeo\/","title":{"rendered":"hacking buckley v. valeo"},"content":{"rendered":"

today, i present for your reading enjoyment, a legal hack.<\/p>\n

some time ago, i posted a brief thought<\/a> that in order to make progress, we need to redefine “money” as “not speech” – i mean this on several levels, but the most obvious is in the sphere of the political campaign.<\/p>\n

to do so, i’m bringing together a few threads you’ll find here. the first, is of course, the goal – to do something about splitting the concepts of money and speech. another thread is the ongoing exposure of sunncomm (and friends) to the light (1<\/a>, 2<\/a>, 3<\/a>, 4<\/a>). also of interest is a little bit of refocusing <\/a> that would be useful, honesty<\/a>, and that silly problem of running an election<\/a> (which i really should address in some depth sometime).<\/p>\n

not making much of an apperance on the blog (yet?) are concepts of democracy, governance, and political dissent<\/a>.<\/p>\n

i’m also going to do something i generally disagree with, and that is to hack the legal system. i don’t like creative prosecution<\/a>, on several levels. i suppose if you put on the white-hat and use the process to expose flaws in the system, then it’s not so bad. and, of course, as with most weapons (and i do mean to use the law as a weapon), it’s great as long as “we” use it, but when “they” use it, then it’s bad.<\/p>\n

it’s very likely that despite my oversized introduction, all of this is entirely pointless. i don’t pretend to be a constitutional scholar, and certainly don’t swim in the ocean of legalese and court decisions that govern my life here in the united states. but, every once in a while, i get a little lawyer voice sitting on my shoulder, and sometimes it’s interesting enough to think about. so, i should state this idea in the form of a question [cue jeopardy theme]…<\/p>\n

if, according to buckley v. valeo<\/em>, money is somehow equivalent to speech, can that decision be used as a way to prosecute perpetrators of fraud and theft for violating the civil rights of the victim?<\/p>\n

if so, would the burden (or potential burden) of turning every case down to the level of the pickpocket into first amendment issue create enough weight to change the decision?<\/p>\n

any scholars have a thought?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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