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Sixth Circuit panel affirms federal district court's invalidation, under the First Amendment, of an Ohio law that makes it a felony to pay anyone for gathering signatures on election-related petitions on any basis other than time worked

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Unanimous three-judge Sixth Circuit panel affirms federal district court's invalidation, under the First Amendment, of an Ohio law that makes it a felony to pay anyone for gathering signatures on election-related petitions on any basis other than time worked: Circuit Judge David W. McKeague's opinion begins, "As with the law in general, the First Amendment is a jealous mistress. It enables the people to exchange ideas (popular and unpopular alike), to assemble with the hope of changing minds, and to alter or preserve how we govern ourselves. But in return, it demands that sometimes seemingly reasonable measures enacted by our governments give way."

Full post as published by How Appealing on March 05, 2008 (boomark / email).

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