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 If ultimately adopted, it would mark the first time in American history that a constitutional amendment rescinded a freedom listed as among the fundamental rights of the American people.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 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.
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The democrat party actions suggest they’re a lot like the Nazis.
What chance that unions would be banned from politics? What chance that “in-kind” contributions include the leftist media?
`Section 1. To advance the fundamental principle of political equality for all, and to protect the integrity of the legislative and electoral processes, Congress shall have power to regulate the raising and spending of money and in-kind equivalents with respect to Federal elections, including through setting limits on--
`(1) the amount of contributions to candidates for nomination for election to, or for election to, Federal office; and
`(2) the amount of funds that may be spent by, in support of, or in opposition to such candidates.
`Section 2. To advance the fundamental principle of political equality for all, and to protect the integrity of the legislative and electoral processes, each State shall have power to regulate the raising and spending of money and in-kind equivalents with respect to State elections, including through setting limits on--
`(1) the amount of contributions to candidates for nomination for election to, or for election to, State office; and
`(2) the amount of funds that may be spent by, in support of, or in opposition to such candidates.
`Section 3. Nothing in this article shall be construed to grant Congress the power to abridge the freedom of the press.
`Section 4. Congress and the States shall have power to implement and enforce this article by appropriate legislation.'
That this craziness has been taken seriously enough to be introduced as a bill in the US Senate shows we are rapidly becoming a fascist country.
Totalitarian megalomaniacs going for broke and should fail.
Keep in mind that this will get even less traction than the Democrats’ attempts to give their president more than two terms by repealing the 22nd amendment (even a turd blossom like Obama).
Of course they put this on the back burner when a Republican is in office, so maybe they could make both the 22nd and campaign contribution limitations applicable only to Republicans?
It just goes to show how unserious dhimmi critters are about their jobs.
Well that little weasel Udall. Cory Gardner better beat this clown. The Commie clown writes his own epitaph.
I don’t think Cory Gardner is going to cut this commie punk any slack. I’ve already sent Gardner some money and will continue to do so.
Gardner has bunches of ammo to use against Udall and he’ll use it.....we must hope.
The Nazis burned books and limited speech.
The demos want more control over free speech and even the Internet. Their actions are very much like the Nazis.
I trust you’ve been to Las Vegas?
I was a ten year resident.
Article V of the Constitution
Harry Reid and those who support this can kiss my hairy a$$.
This so-called “senator” named harry reid is nothing more than a communist, marxist, enabler for the obozo administration.
Damn him to hell!!!
I want 5 minutes in a room with just him and myself.........
We already have de facto limitations/controls on speech and, in many cases, thought.
I want to amend the constitution and put a rope around this guys neck
speech has to go first before they can remove guns and the big one Presidential Term Limits
The very fact that the dems would put forth such a piece, tells me we are very close to shooting time.
My brother was in the construction business down there for 25 years.
He can tell you tales that will send shivers down your spine.
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