First Amendment

Las Vegas Review-Journal ^ | Mar 27, 2005 | T.Mitchell

[rellimpank]

THOMAS MITCHELL: The spreading menace of McCain-Feingold

There is one law Congress, in all its collective wisdom, can never repeal: the law of unintended consequences.

In a fit of pique over the huge sums it was costing them to successfully defend their coveted seats of power, Congress passed the McCain-Feingold law, setting limits on what people could spend -- and when -- exercising what had once been their free speech right to advocate candidates for federal office.

Of course, before the ink was dry on the parchment, along came the 527s -- MoveOn.org, billionaire George Soros' America Coming Together and the lightly funded but ever so nettlesome Swift Boat vets -- to make a mockery of the whole concept.

[hflynn]

There is one law Congress, in all its collective wisdom, can never repeal: the law of unintended consequences.

Wrong Premise. If ever a law had intended consequences, McCain-Feingold is the one.

[rellimpank]

--yep--one of the worst misakes Dubya made was not vetoing this travesty, on national TV, with a copy of the First Amendment on the wall, with the words "Congress shall make no law" highlighted and bold---

[buck61]

And when this contution no longer serves the rights of the people it is to be abolished.

[rellimpank]

--arrgh-"misakes"="mistakes"

[YOUGOTIT]

This was one law that the left-wing fascist wanted. The declaration by the black robed dictators that it was constitutional to deny free speech is just the first step in the total overthrow of the government by and for the people.

The left is happy, the lawyers are happy, and the only makers of law, the judges are ecstatic. They will keep the Senators and Representatives on as figure heads while they go about redefining the law to deny any criticism of their unconstitutional policies.

[theBuckwheat]

What will really make liberals, who simultaneously support free speech and limits on speech they disagree with, come unglued will be when people discover the joys of being able to post their comments anonymously on anonymous offshore servers.

Let freedom ring- but not in the jursidiction of the US (the land of the ex-free)!

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