Bob Barr: Edwards Prosecution Reflects Gross Overreaching By Feds
Saturday, June 11th, 2011From an article posted on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution blog, June 8, 2011, by Bob Barr:
The definition of “overreaching” in the next edition of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary could be a single sentence — “Over•reaching: see June 3, 2011 indictment of former presidential candidate and United States Senator John Edwards for alleged campaign finance violations.”
Every current and future candidate for federal office ought to file an amicus brief in behalf of Edwards. If the federal government succeeds in securing a conviction of Edwards in this case, the precedent will have been set for future administrations to employ federal campaign finance laws to reach and criminalize virtually any monies used by a candidate’s supporter(s) that even indirectly have the effect of protecting the “image” of the candidate.
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Bob Barr was the 2008 nominee for President of the Libertarian Party.
