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Monday, January 25. 2010

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Amendment 1


Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.



How complicated is that? How did this simple sentence confuse four members of the US Supreme Court? (Not that such an amendment should be needed, since the power to make laws regarding these things is not granted our federal government anyway. We believe, as Coyote might also, that laws regulating the political speech of non-profits are just as unconstitutional as other speech-control laws.)


Addendum: Many, or most, governments in the world hate free speech.

Posted by Bird Dog in Quotidian Quotable Quote (QQQ) at 10:00 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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"People who are all about power and money, since the beginning of time."

Please add a verb or something so we can make sense of this partial sentence.
#1 bruce wayne on 2010-01-25 12:06 (Reply)
As Justice Black always said, "No law means no law."
#2 Jim on 2010-01-25 13:24 (Reply)
But Jim, we have the First Amendment, thus (to me at least) we have the ultimate law based on a contract between consenting citizens and their government (not between the government and its citizens).
#3 Hrothgar on 2010-01-25 19:42 (Reply)
Not much more complicated than the second amendment. Or for that matter, the entire Constitution and Bill of Rights itself.

Strange that something so straightfoward could be misconstrued by so many, so willingly.
#4 Jersey Jim on 2010-01-25 20:24 (Reply)

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