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July 11, 2001


Dear liberty activist,

One thing politicians will fight to keep is power, whether that power is stolen from the people or not.  As long as the people are asleep, politicians get away with their illicit power grabs.  One power grab leads to another, and too soon, the people are without liberty because piece by piece, they let their political power slip away.

Representatives and senators who oppose campaign-finance reform bills because all such bills are unconstitutional are correct.  McCain-Feingold, Shays-Meehan, Ney-Wynn -- or any other campaign-finance reform bill -- violates the First Amendment.  That makes such bills illegal.  Even Senator McCain admits it!

What these politicians won't admit is that they don't have the power.  The Constitution specifically does not give to representatives and senators the
power to make laws affecting campaigns so they cannot control the outcome of their own reelections (and for good reason!).  But how many Washington
politicians will stand on the floor of the House or Senate and admit the truth...that the only power they have is that limited, specific power granted by the Constitution?

Today, we sent to every House and Senate office a one-page reminder that Congress has the enumerated power to regulate only the time, place, and manner of elections - not campaigns (those are two very different things). Campaign-finance reform is illegal.  We sent along an invitation to read the clear and unmistakable explanation prepared by esteemed constitutional expert and our senior legal advisor Herbert W. Titus.  To read Mr. Titus' important work, go to http://www.thelibertycommittee.org/camp

aign.htm

Now, send your representative and senators the message they don't want to hear.  Tell them "You don't have the power."  Go to the "Take Action" box at
http://capwiz.com/liberty/issues/bills/?bill

=42533

Do this now, while you still have the power...because if one version of so-called "campaign-finance reform" passes as that bill is currently written, E-mail messages such as this one will become illegal!

Kent Snyder
The Liberty Committee
http://www.thelibertycommittee.org

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