Harry Reid: Vote to Amend U.S. Constitution to Limit Political Speech

Breitbart ^ | 18 May 2014 | Ken Klukowski

[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 If ultimately adopted, it would mark the first time in American history that a constitutional amendment rescinded a freedom listed as among the fundamental rights of the American people.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 nation’s 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.

[mandaladon]

Term limits is what we need to limit the damage these liberal politicians are inflicting.

[cripplecreek]

[Jim Robinson]

FUHR!! Come and take it!!

[upchuck]

Bump to term limits.

Dingy is wasting the taxpayers’ dollars again.

[SkyDancer]

The poster boy for Alzheimer has spoken yet again.

[Jim from C-Town]

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.

[Williams]

Rot in Hell Reid you corrupt communist thug.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Well then Harry. Here's some free speech while I still have it.

Go take a flying fu** at a rolling donut.

[samtheman]

Beyond disgusting.

[Kakaze]

Just keep pushing reid.

[StoneWall Brigade]

I second that.

[1066AD]

I think Harry’s beginning to display dementia.

[rdcbn]

So Harry Reid is basically trying to legalize the actions of the current scandal of suing the IRS to attack political donors.

[RKBA Democrat]

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.

[cripplecreek]

Might be distemper.

[QuisCustodiet1776]

Stunning. There is no good end to this insanity.

[cookcounty]

"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).

[ConorMacNessa]

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.

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

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)

[jughandle]

Surely Soros, Inc. would be exempt...

[VRWC For Truth]

Time to put the old horse out to the glue factory. FU Harriet.