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Stimulus Plan’s Lobbying Limits Could Squelch the Right to Petition

Gene Policinski Commentary
Inside the First Amendment

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By Gene Policinski
First Amendment Center vice president/executive director

There’s an old saying that “the road to hell is paved with good intentions.”

Add to that — courtesy of a March 20 Obama administration directive — “… and marked with the occasional constitutional pothole.”

The White House directive attempts to limit the influence lobbyists have on decisions about the distribution of economic stimulus billions. The goal is to prevent improper…

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