We're the chicken coop...the foxes are the political forces outside the coop trying to devour us with their political messages...the gate is the 1st amendment. That's the scene. Now here's how the foxes just sneaked in...!
In the Illinois gubernatorial election, one of the foxy candidates just used the 1st amendment to unleash a package of TV ads featuring one of Chicago's long-dead mayors criticizing the incumbent. Out of context, out of date, but still awfully slick. Which says to the rest of the foxes, hey, the gate's wide open to virtually anyone saying anything...
Meanwhile, in the Supreme Court, five of the gatekeepers there just opened the gate to any brawny corporate fox with enough money to devour us chickens with their political messages saturating the media...
Speaking as one of the chickens, things in this coop ain't looking real good right now. Because the gate -- the 1st amendment -- is being picked!
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And I feel like one of the juiciest chickens in here.
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