ASA joins effort to restore your First Amendment rights
Did you know that trade associations such as ASA are the only entities that are required to obtain written permission from its membership to talk to them about political contributions?
Like virtually every trade association in America, we believe this effort wastes our time and yours. Furthermore, members of trade associations like you have a constitutional right to join together in support of or in opposition to candidates for political office. The prior approval requirement discourages members from participating in their association’s PAC and creates an unequal playing field for trade-association PACs that constrains their members’ First Amendment rights to free speech.