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Tuesday, Msrch 19, 1935 Pa no 4 Daily Nebraskan PAC V ft P f ' ' ' p7 fTJhe Supreme Court's decision to die?? political 1 miiieea to spend unlimited tmounts c! money tisl candidates could tara ekctk-ri Into tuhli: action corn ea presidea dty contests. Tha cent rulod llondey, by a vote cf 7-2, that federal lar? limiting the FAC spending to $1,C00 per candidate violated free dom cf speech.. Ia &a article in Eiondry's Lincoln Journal, the court's reescnin, written by Justice William H. Behnquist, wrs: "The fact that candidates tr.d elected cSicitls may liter or reaiTina their own positions en Issues in reponse to politics! messages paid for by the PACs en hardly be called corruption, for one cf the essential features cf democracy is the presentation to the electorate cf varying points cf view." In one sense, the court is right: varying points cf view are essential to a democracy. But without equal access to the polities! arena and to the press, those vsiying points of view will not be voiced. With no limits on PAC spending the candidates with the meat money will receive the most publicity. Only the vice's cf candidates with high PAC ccntiilutkas will be known to voters. In t demecraiie election, til candidates theoretically should hava the same financial resources. Tfcey should be cn equal ground, so voters can maie choices based ca til candidates' positions, raihtr thin Just the vto cf those with large PAC CK&ihatloas. Iht $1,CC3 Unit cn PACs was one cf many rearms ccssted la the mld-lSTCs aor widespread rumors ofcmpsii fendtslslsg abuses. AIth3a.sh tha Ihmit may bsvt beea sillily !e, it would have been better fcr the cost to sdvacste a higher limit, rather thsa no limit at ell . Lihe it cr not, PACs can buy votes ser.e politicians cm be corrupted. - The court's dee'den left only ess reprice for voters. Congress could pass a Ixucsirictto csmpalp spending law that would be constltuticKaiiy ceeeptsblt. ' New it's up to voters to eaceursgs their Cengressmea to regu late campsiga spending. Candidates should bass their campaigns cn issues, not on the exposure thay get through PAC money. Editorial Policy Unsigned editorials represent cScisl policy of the spring 1835 Daily Nebraska. Policy is set by the Daily Nebrssksa Editorial Board. Its members are Chris Weiseh, editor in chie Chris Eurbach, editorial page editor; Michiela Guzman, news editor; Vlcki Ruhga, copy desk chief and editorial writer, end Keliy Mangan, assistant advertising manager. Editorials do not necessarily reflect the views cf the university, its employees, the students or the NU Board cf Regents. The Daily Nefcraskait's publishers are the regents, who established the UNL Publications Board to supervise the daily production cf the paper. According to policy set by the regents, responsibility for the editorial content cf the newspaper lies solely la the hands of its - student editors. I S i I" r-- . 41'inU- mM V. wit ftut EDITOR ' GENERAL MANAGER FRODUGTiOM MANAGER ADVERTISING MANAGER "'"ASSiSTANT" Chris V7!3!i,72-m3 ADVERTISING MANAGER KsiEy Ksr-S5l CSRCULATSON MANAGER NEWS EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR WIRE EDITOR , COPY DESK CHJEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR NIGHT NEWS EDITORS GRAPHICS EDITOR ASSISTANT GRAPHICS EDITOR PHOTO CHIEF ASSISTANT PHOTO CHIEF PUBLICATIONS rcAr.o CHA!Rf;,:ON PROFESSIONAL ADVCR -.tin V.ijtf CStst?pn9r Siif&acSi W'cr V. Trusts m t'! 3 Tfcsrnaa Kark Dl Th9 Dz.'y N;ir.r;v.ar (USS 144-CSC) is published by ths u::l ruc'.c6i.or.3 Coi-d Mcnday throusn Friday In th fall end sfh2 ssmeit:- end Tuesdeys end Friday In tho tvr.rr.-T ?.i:"on3, during vacations. 3 6f3 tMccuw: 3 13 sutrt r.; Id:"! sn j csn r.n J ta re C;"y .tr.i.'T.n ty p;r,!r HZ-ITCi tUrnS a n. cJ 5 p.n. I !cr- t.'-.rr.;. ! Ff,::y. It 2 r .'..lie f t "i s :cc'5tatv iPL'tlLii'cnoCcrd Fcr ir.fc :i :; ;n, c: .5 C.r.'3 c.K.c:.M7::rr;. Pci;tr:.";r:r:nii:irt.3Chs.i";st33C-"';r: " C4 r::tr;;a Ur'er.. n:3 I? Ot.. Llrcc'.i, tl .'c -c: E:ti-r.ic--i fr:'.--a r - ct Ll;.cc'i, IM C ;t?. allc ,v ;Ai.c-.:j:5Ti:L. Lvi.,:rA. v.n V J s r - J- A . f ' t- 1 V .:- ... H J -If ) ,9 ; Tl imfmrnm mmmm'B memwm Politicians must realise validity of tkeisiie opinions U!ia a hrcsSh cf fresh sir, last yt&i tor ctsj tLa Christka Tiki's ts?ch-a-ment in Aissdssn politics ssenis to tava subsided st ksst for the time TI-O30 cf us on both sides cf tits fiizpuii should tdce firm grssp cf the brcsthing space: The hU provide us with sn oppor tunity for reilocticn on tha events thtt occurred daring ths l?st election yesr, snd for roro::od politkd maturation based upon such refloction. (p. ) Jim (. Rogers I find myself is general essoclatioaidth the hecs-knit movement called "the Christiaa Eights." Yet I era sometimes embecrsssed sad eVon fcieaed fey some of th posillerj proceed forth under the mbric. At fee same, tike, however, opponents cf the mcvemsat ere at times psrsaoiacslly reactife. Eota estrosos are the. Altho a ccrtsia emc&at cfesiacEy in ponied izlsts is eadsnlc to too- crac7 for the pciiticsl bedth cfoarnatica the collet ever the Osristiaa U$& and ' its policy chisdi?ss needs ta p'cw besd its- present- t3.-I-bt-ovord so tions tbst msy fedp toward this end. . Ccnstnxtl? oodd criticism must be$n with one's cwa house; clerly thsis is lots, cf rocsi for imprcvement in the Christiaa U$L. First, we simpiy mast eradicate every shred cf self-rightecusness f?cm our attituds. I wish mere than saythk that humiUywjId chsracterfse the laevOTent as it should naturally. But all too cftsa sg!f-rihtccar.ss seems to fee the pervi sivs charadorttio cf tha movemest. 17b dctbs cur pcliticd crard ti23 with tetzlz z&v?, terms lihs "docoscy" and "moia!.M Tr9 ccxat;ucr.tly sceia tsfcat the fcssoacfChrfcf, strfsd la ssversl cf the Goaf 's: "And a csisin ruler questioned Him, saying, 'Good teacher, what thall I do to chtda eternal life?' And Jesus said to him, 'Why do you coil Me good? No one is good except God dona M (Luke 18.18-19). In this pa, Josu3 was not dciss the ftct that He is God, but rather, he was rsbuhing the (unfceMsvkg) ruler for prsdloitinj the moral sense cf the term "gsod" of someone the ruler thought was a more mortal. Since we ere la fast merely humaa, re also cuht -to a?oid predicting such terms cf csa selves. Second, we must understand that sophistication is not railed is cor rect CkrLtlan policy frrmJition. AT.:r a f rhi'on, tha Gd:iiaa V. has titt:n & core taan it c:.i ch:T. II b vii;'y roo: r.' : :.l tat the trsai ca: ;a!i:d ccalopol ' LliJ aTzd::ztz3x?3 now are sir :rhao- Gontr ir.l ha btan er:ati:!I? t:cp Lr tha pat 12 j oars cr ca Tcrhips r;ca ccr fcnprtoOy the Christiaa Kisf, mtdch ficsisd h ccstudas paot, E?sra c? less ' iscdwd its dsati Ito as a result cf the sseosd Great Anahanfc h tht cr to Eld48:33. In a phraas, we hsr a kt cf etsylai tad calcli 1 up to do hcri:xta -cS3 a rt;pectali3 psyedVcaaay cn s tread numb cf topics. For pdicy cppsonea&s cf the C2fct'2i ' Eight, I a!so have ssversl su-catiaK3. . Rrst, 1 would ur-e nTIsctisn a to tha fcsus cf the critique. La many featsncts critics cf the CListisa El tpps-r ti b mctivatsd simper by reUous bigotry, Le., they claim that the (ccaoerVath-e) Chris tim simpiy has no buaUisss kterjectk? any opinion tela- the pditicsl forum. It stems to cscaps their notice thai th speech b la tca!!iy no more s threat to ratisnal piihiie tooths than is say secu lar fctectisa. Additionally, all thought, whether it be thtiatis cr secular, is fun damental!! reUaus iaasmuoh ss sll know ledge b based epea humanly noadeiaon etratie prcs'jppcciticrj. Fiaaiiy, critics cf the Christian right must avoid bdlevirj thai the movement is a monolith. In many Instances the label of "KeiiSious Elr is mindlessly attached to anyone werkins from en explicitly Christian point cf view in order to smear the cemmuriieator end suppress political dialogs. The Chrbilsa Eight, ss with any lsiga politied moveeat, includes under its tenainoksSsa! usibrellaahcst of quite distinct fcallefs tad attitudes. It is rather dishonest to geaeidlst the most unplea gar.t cttributes cfeome ine group found under the Cfcrbtisa FJght rubric across the entire population, B CEiO srettf la Inherently a messy prxductSca. Fc!iay dlament is wee exacted tr.d la fast ii eddasoe cf s thriv fc3 pdiiSasl cudtui-2. 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