30 New Hampshire Towns Have Spoken, Called for a Resolution to Overturn Citizens United

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20. How much does Viacom spend each election cycle on "The Daily Show"?

I bet it exceeds $3.5 million. Should both it and "The Colbert Report" be removed from the air during the 2014 election cycle?

Therein lies the problem with Burt Neuborne's argument. If taken seriously, we would have to make the media dark for the months preceding an election. No step in that direction will pass SCOTUS muster.

I suspect the lawyers arguing for the FEC are making a better argument, to wit, that there is an valid legal distinction between a) a corporation or individual spending money on making and publishing their own speech, and b) someone donating to organizations for political purpose during an election cycle. Admittedly, that's not as bright a line as would be ideal, either. Where does a crowd-sourced project fall? But it at least gives the courts some legal basis for supporting contribution limits without having to rewrite the 1st amendment.