Election-law related chargespic.twitter.com/wnoiq94HIi
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Yet only some of these ads would count as "express advocacy" under FECA (I explore whether the law covers other foreign spending (such as "Hillary is a Satan", listed below) in this paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3017598 …)pic.twitter.com/36i1JQHpGq
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In other words, some of this alleged Russian election activity, thanks to the way federal campaign finance law is written and thanks to how Supreme Court has interpreted first amendment, may not be illegal under current law. That's even if the intention was to influence election
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And yet "free speech" community has been arguing against passage of "Honest Ads Act" & other measures which would make this conduct illegal by 2018 elections. They say it will squelch too much of Americans' speech (and some say nothing objectionable about foreign interference)
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So it seems like these Russian conspirators have a lot in common with editors of news sites:pic.twitter.com/crm8DlyCAG
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Question: Do first amendment legal protections apply to foreign nationals and spies and/or to non-citizens whose speech is intended to cause real damage America?
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