Posted on 03/15/2012 2:54:53 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
President Obama signed bill H.R. 347 (also known as the Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011) into law on March 9th, amid numerous protests from the Occupy movement, as well as other agencies. HR 347 is a modification from Senate bill S. 1794, which restricted people from entering or blocking public areas that have been closed off by Secret Service while a person under their protection is passing through. The law also included major public events, such as the Inaguration and Presidential campaigns.
The new law, which passed the House with a vote of 399-3, extends the original law by adding more protected areas within Washington D.C, and removing the word willfully, from the paragraph stating that protesters can be prosecuted if they enter the area willfully and knowingly.
Representative Justin Amash, R-Michigan, explains this change by saying:
The bill expands current law to make it a crime to enter or remain in an area where an official is visiting even if the person does not know its illegal to be in that area and has no reason to suspect its illegal.
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Mark
Winston Churchill said something along the line of, "If we will not fight when we can win,we will have to fight when we have no chance of wining. Our only choice will be whether we die as men or die as slaves". We are fast approaching that point, if we have not reached it.
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