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Harry Reid: Vote to Amend U.S. Constitution to Limit Political Speech
Breitbart ^
| 18 May 2014
| Ken Klukowski
Posted on 05/18/2014 5:58:47 PM PDT by mandaladon
On May 15, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on June 3 on amending the U.S. Constitution to limit political speech. If ultimately adopted, it would mark the first time in American history that a constitutional amendment rescinded a freedom listed as among the fundamental rights of the American people.
The proposed amendment was introduced by Sen. Tom Udall (D-CO) as S.J.R. 19 and if ratified would become the Twenty-Eighth Amendment. It provides in part that Congress shall have power to regulate the raising and spending of money and in-kind equivalents with respect [to] the Federal elections
[and] State elections.
The proposed amendment includes a provision that Nothing in this article shall be construed to grant Congress the power to abridge the freedom of the press. So Breitbart News, The New York Times, and the mainstream media would be able to say whatever they want, but citizens and citizen groups such as the National Rifle Association could not.
The American people have amended the Constitution 27 times in the nations history. Ten of those happened in a single package when the states ratified the Bill of Rights, and another three occurred between 1865 and 1870 following the Civil War, forbidding slavery and racial discrimination.
Reid usually opposes amending the Constitution. In 2011, Reid voted against S.J.R. 10, a proposed constitutional amendment by Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee (R-UT) that would require the federal government to balance the federal budget. In 2004 Reid voted against S.J.R. 40 that would have protected marriage as the union of one man and one woman, which would not include same-sex partners or polygamous marriages of three or more people.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections; harryreid; markudall; obama; reid; traitor; udall
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Term limits is what we need to limit the damage these liberal politicians are inflicting.
To: mandaladon
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posted on
05/18/2014 6:00:48 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: mandaladon
FUHR!! Come and take it!!
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posted on
05/18/2014 6:01:42 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
To: mandaladon
Bump to term limits.
Dingy is wasting the taxpayers’ dollars again.
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posted on
05/18/2014 6:02:29 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(Support ABLE, the Anybody But Lindsey Effort. Yes, we are the ABLE!!)
To: mandaladon
The poster boy for Alzheimer has spoken yet again.
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posted on
05/18/2014 6:04:17 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(I Believe In The Law Until It Intereferes With Justice. And Pay Your Liberty Tax Citizen.)
To: mandaladon
The ‘Crypt Keeper’ Reid is a lunatic! Free Speech is related to political speech. It is the only speech that needs protection. Who gives a crap what you say to your neighbor, he can't fine, jail or execute you. The most he can do is take offense and try to kill you, but that is a crime. Legal incarceration for political speech is a reality, even in today's America. If you don't believe me ask Nakoula Basseley Nakoula.
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posted on
05/18/2014 6:04:57 PM PDT
by
Jim from C-Town
(The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
To: mandaladon
Rot in Hell Reid you corrupt communist thug.
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posted on
05/18/2014 6:04:59 PM PDT
by
Williams
To: mandaladon
Well then Harry. Here's some free speech while I still have it.
Go take a flying fu** at a rolling donut.
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posted on
05/18/2014 6:05:42 PM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Only Liberals can look at an amendment that says "shall not be infringed" and see blank parchment.)
To: mandaladon
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posted on
05/18/2014 6:06:21 PM PDT
by
samtheman
To: mandaladon
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posted on
05/18/2014 6:07:31 PM PDT
by
Kakaze
(I want The Republic back !)
To: Jim Robinson
To: cripplecreek
I think Harry’s beginning to display dementia.
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posted on
05/18/2014 6:08:58 PM PDT
by
1066AD
To: mandaladon
So Harry Reid is basically trying to legalize the actions of the current scandal of suing the IRS to attack political donors.
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posted on
05/18/2014 6:09:35 PM PDT
by
rdcbn
To: mandaladon
Good luck with that one, hairy. Even if it passes Congress, which is extremely doubtful, 3/4 of states would have to ratify.
More posturing amounting to nothing.
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posted on
05/18/2014 6:10:22 PM PDT
by
RKBA Democrat
(Two parties, one agenda. It's the uniparty.)
To: 1066AD
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posted on
05/18/2014 6:13:30 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: All
Stunning. There is no good end to this insanity.
To: mandaladon
"The proposed amendment was introduced by Sen. Tom Udall (D-CO) as S.J.R. 19" Tom Udall is the Democrat Senator from New Mexico, not Colorado. Mark Udall is from Colorado(who is probably as much of a fascist as his brother), and is Senator for 7 more months, after which he will be replaced by farmboy Cory Gardner (R-Boondocks).
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posted on
05/18/2014 6:13:42 PM PDT
by
cookcounty
(IRS = Internal Revenge Service.)
To: Jim Robinson
On the one hand, the Left seems in desperation regarding Benghazi, etc., but at the same time HR comes out with this blatant anti-American, anti-Freedom statement.
I'm just stunned at the unalloyed gall of these leftists.
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O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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posted on
05/18/2014 6:14:13 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Mlichael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: mandaladon
Surely Soros, Inc. would be exempt...
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posted on
05/18/2014 6:16:30 PM PDT
by
jughandle
( "We have the right to debate and disagree with any administration!" -HRC)
To: mandaladon
Time to put the old horse out to the glue factory. FU Harriet.
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posted on
05/18/2014 6:18:48 PM PDT
by
VRWC For Truth
(Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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