COAST Treasurer Mark W. Miller gives a compelling interview about the COAST v. Ohio Elections Commission "Tweets" case here to "The Takeaway," a national radio program produced by the New York Times ("be careful what you tweet"). It's a good listen.
This same case was featured Tuesday in an important piece in the print edition of the New York Times. Read that here.
COAST was the victim of two Ohio Elections Commissions' cases in which Robert Richardson and Cincinnatians for Progress attempted to smear him and COAST for claimed false statements relating to the Cincinnati Streetcar.
After an inquisition by the seers at the Ohio Elections Commission, they ruled that there was not even "probable cause" that COAST had made a false statement. (Thank you oh, great arbiters of truth on the Elections Commission, for ruling that we could have free speech in this limited instance, after the fact. We appreciate this mercy this one time for our "free" speech activities.)
COAST and Miller have sued the OEC in federal Court (in two different cases actually). Read more about that here.
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Thursday, March 8, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Two COASTers make national news on same day
COAST "Tweets" Complaint and Mark Miller featured NYT.
This morning, we were greeted with this from the New York Times featuring the important litigation, COAST v. Ohio Elections Commission. This is possibly COAST's most important piece of First Amendment litigation, challenging the jurisdiction of the Ohio Elections Commission in "false speech" cases. As Mike DeWine's Amicus Brief in the very case he is defending (bravery!) tells us, the statute and the OEC process is terribly misused to chill legitimate and entirely truthful political speech.
Roseann Siderits featured in the Wall Street Journal
Then, an hour later, we saw this video on WSJ.Com with Roseann Siderits doing her grass roots work for Presidential candidate Rick Santorum in West Chester.
COAST would note that it put its better foot forward with Roseann Siderits in video and Mark in print, and we will leave it at that.
This morning, we were greeted with this from the New York Times featuring the important litigation, COAST v. Ohio Elections Commission. This is possibly COAST's most important piece of First Amendment litigation, challenging the jurisdiction of the Ohio Elections Commission in "false speech" cases. As Mike DeWine's Amicus Brief in the very case he is defending (bravery!) tells us, the statute and the OEC process is terribly misused to chill legitimate and entirely truthful political speech.
Roseann Siderits featured in the Wall Street Journal
Then, an hour later, we saw this video on WSJ.Com with Roseann Siderits doing her grass roots work for Presidential candidate Rick Santorum in West Chester.
COAST would note that it put its better foot forward with Roseann Siderits in video and Mark in print, and we will leave it at that.
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