The order came at the request of Attorney General Ken Paxton, who O’Rourke accused in a separate lawsuit of going on a “fishing expedition, constitutional rights be damned.”

The order came at the request of Attorney General Ken Paxton, who O’Rourke accused in a separate lawsuit of going on a “fishing expedition, constitutional rights be damned.”

  • BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world
    1151·
    2 days ago

    Tarrant County District Judge Megan Fahey granted Paxton’s request for a temporary injunction, barring O’Rourke and Powered by People from fundraising for the Democrats or spending money to cover their expenses. The order came less than four hours after Paxton’s office filed the petition.

    The First Amendment no longer exists.

    • bigfondue@lemmy.world
      78·
      2 days ago

      Money is speech when it’s billionaires funding PACs. You just need at least 100 million dollars to have full citizenship in this country.

      • Soup@lemmy.world
        2·
        11 hours ago

        “Capitalism” has it in the name. It’s all about money and it doesn’t matter how you got it, only that you have it now, and the core of the system is the naive belief that those with the most money are also the best people.

      • lectricleopard@lemmy.world
        11·
        1 day ago

        You need to spend 100 million. And that’s a threat of the weight of the billions behind it. Anyone thinking they can scrape small donations together to fight on their turf is bonkers.