Posted on 10/07/2018 5:14:26 AM PDT by reaganaut1
If such behavior becomes the new normal, we’ll all be in trouble.
This last week, left-wing bullies shouted down senators in the hallways of the capitol, stormed senatorial offices, and generally endeavored to “occupy” Congress as they once did Wall Street — all to force members of the Senate to reject Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
Among the many disgraces of the two weeks since Christine Blasey Ford’s accusation of sexual assault was leaked to the press, the bad behavior of protesters on Capitol Hill may seem low on the list. But it is something that we should be deeply concerned about.
The right to assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances is a cornerstone of the Anglo–American political tradition. It was enumerated in the English Bill of Rights after the Glorious Revolution, and during the period between the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, the colonists themselves made frequent use of it, writing letters to George III to protect their rights. When James Madison acquiesced to a bill of rights (for he was initially opposed to one), he made sure assembly and petition were included.
Put simply, the right to petition is the right to ask your government for things without fear that it will punish you merely for asking. Similarly, the right to assemble is the right to do so in a public forum, without fear that the government will harm you. These fit perfectly into the spectrum of rights protected by the First Amendment, which broadly establishes the unfettered formation of public opinion as the great bulwark of republican government.
But the First Amendment does not grant carte blanche to assembly and petition. In fact it is the only pair of rights listed therein that contains a limitation.
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This is why we need to put the legal squeeze on one George Soros. Stop his funding of radical Left groups and most of these shenanigans will quickly come to an end.
Absolutely agree with you. YES!
5. Protestors were & ARE being PAID for their actions.
6. The screamer who trapped Flake in his elevator is an illegal from Columbia. She was paid over $178,000 in 2016 for her “protesting’ work. She should NOT even be in the USA to begin with.
7. Feinstein & Ford’s lawyers have alot to answer for.
STOP every single penny of Federal funds into those states.
The cans of Hornet Spray are designed to shoot as far as 20 feet.
I don’t think Carb spray goes that far. Be careful.
I keep a couple of cans of Hornet spray at the front door as a weapon against anyone trying to enter whom I do NOT wish to enter.
I had a can in each hand, let drive leaning around the corner six feet back, it was over quick. Thought about doing the flamethrower trick, but no, too much like work. Three of the waitresses watched, one felt bad for the hornets. I wanted to dump a hand full of those dead bastards down her shirt. One got me under my left eye, that’s what got this action started...
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