Free Speech attack on Talk Radio in Seattle

Brian Mahoney over at The Radio Equalizer is staying on top of this. Talk about judicial activism:

Fed up with increasingly disturbing cases of judicial activism?

Get ready for one that will knock your socks off.

Proving that the US Supreme Court's decimation of private property rights in the Kelo v. New London decision could be a mere warm-up act, a Washington state judge has now taken a wrecking ball to the First Amendment.

Talk radio's ability to freely express on-air opinions on the day's top news, especially of a political nature, is now taking it on the chin.

As a result of Thurston County, Washington Judge Christopher Wickham's ruling, two Seattle talk show hosts have been forced to place a monetary value on "campaign contributions" supposedly made, merely by supporting a proposed ballot initiative on the air.

This story deserves close attention. When Judges can effectively shut down talk show hosts because it relates to election issues because of McCain-Feingold, then they can also go after the internet and every other media. What part of Free Speech don't they understand?

Be sure to revisit Brian's site frequently to see what's happening in Seattle's Talk scene.