As surely as winter follows fall, Republican election victories are followed by unconstitutional attempts to restrict political speech.
The Nixon presidency brought the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, which the U.S. Supreme Court partially struck down in Buckley v. Valeo. The George W. Bush presidency brought the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, also known as McCain-Feingold, after the senators who sponsored it. The Supreme Court partially struck down McCain-Feingold in a series of decisions, including McConnnell v. FEC, FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, and Citizens United.
With House Speaker Robert DeLeo eyeing a vote in the coming weeks on new transportation revenue, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker on Monday said a "big increase" in the gas tax would be a non-starter for his administration.
