Originally Posted By: Matter-eater Man
 Originally Posted By: the G-man of Zur-En-Arrh
...Chilling Effect Doctrine[/url]: "In Constitutional Law, any practice or law that has the effect of seriously dissuading the exercise of a constitutional right, such as Freedom of Speech." (emphasis added)


That could apply to a political party organizing dissruptive mobs to scare and shout down people.


Oh...you're talking about ACORN.

But, seriously Zick, no.

The "chilling effect" comes into play when it involves the government and it's police powers.

A political party and a government are not the same thing. A political party, even one whose members might be president, has no police power. It can't punish people for their exercise of free speech. In fact, the point of a political party's whole existence is to engage in free speech.

When you try to draw comparisons like this, Zick, you're really no better than Snarf when he was whining that the constitution prevented people on a message board from calling him a dumbass.