Online Freedom of Speech Fails in House

Powerline ^ | 11/02/2005 | John Hinderaker

[xcamel]

True free speech is the archenemy of those who voted against it.

[DogBarkTree]

Uh Oh! Something tells me Im going to be in trouble.

[kingu]

I think we need the roll call put up so we can yell at the appropriate people. Loudly.

[tsmith130]

Maybe you'll be grandfathered in. ;o)

[Prime Choice]

How about we get McCain-Feingold repealed first, then worry about additional legislation, hah?

[CaptRon]

I'm confused about why online speech isn't already covered by the First Amendment.

But then again I'm still confused about how the McCain-Feingold denial of free speech law got passed.

[Prime Choice]

Simple solution to this mess: house the servers offshore.

It's a sad state of affairs when we have to move our venues OUT of America to be able to speak freely.

[Tatze]

McCain-Feingold getting passed is easy to explain. How it passed Constitutional muster in the Supreme Court is the confusing part.

[Prime Choice]

I'm confused about why online speech isn't already covered by the First Amendment.

Thank the Leftists and RINOs. They gleefully signed our rights away in the name of "reform."

Now only foreign billionaires really have freedom of speech in OUR nation!

[dandelion]

Checking in... and getting ready to fight for freedom of speech.

[kingu]

182 people, of whom, I hope none represent me directly, that should feel the brunt of the outrage over this.

The sad part is that it had to go under the no debate, no amendment rule because of the number of idjits in congress who think that every good bill needs to be destroyed with nonsense amendments.

[Wissa]

Mark Kennedy definitely seems to be somebody deserving of support in his run to become the next Senator from Minnesota.

Just thought I'd express my opinion.... while I still can.

[Prime Choice]

Checking in... and getting ready to fight for freedom of speech.

Getting ready? The war started with the passage of McCain-Feingold. We've been losing ground ever since.

[xcamel]

Somebody pull the roll call to see who voted how????

[Prime Choice]

How it passed Constitutional muster in the Supreme Court is the confusing part.

*cough* Souter *cough* Ginsburg *cough* O'Connor

[kingu]

Here is the list of folks who voted against. Italics identify Democrats, regular are Republicans, all have some explaining to do, IMHO.

Abercrombie Allen Andrews Baird Baldwin Bass Bean Becerra Berkley Berry Bishop (NY) Boehlert Boyd Bradley (NH) Brown, Corrine Butterfield Capps Cardin Carnahan Carson Case Castle Cleaver Clyburn Coble Cooper Costello Crowley Cummings Davis (AL) Davis (CA) Davis (FL) Davis (IL) DeFazio DeGette Delahunt DeLauro Dicks Dingell Doggett Doyle Edwards Emanuel Emerson Engel Evans Farr Filner Ford Frank (MA) Frelinghuysen Gallegly Gilchrest Gillmor Gonzalez Gordon Green, Al Green, Gene Grijalva Gutierrez Hefley

Higgins Hinchey Hinojosa Hobson Holden Holt Hooley Inslee Israel Jackson (IL) Jackson-Lee (TX) Jefferson Johnson (CT) Johnson (IL) Johnson, E. B. Jones (OH) Kanjorski Kaptur Kildee Kilpatrick (MI) Kirk Kucinich LaHood Langevin Lantos Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) LaTourette Leach Levin Lewis (GA) Lipinski LoBiondo Lowey Lynch Maloney Markey Matsui McCarthy McDermott McGovern McIntyre McNulty Meehan Meek (FL) Meeks (NY) Michaud Millender-McDonald Miller (NC) Miller, George Mollohan Moore (KS) Moore (WI) Moran (VA) Nadler Napolitano Neal (MA) Oberstar Obey Olver Ortiz

Osborne Owens Pallone Pascrell Pastor Payne Pelosi Petri Platts Pomeroy Price (NC) Ramstad Rangel Regula Rothman Ruppersberger Rush Sánchez, Linda T. Sanders Saxton Schakowsky Schiff Schmidt Schwartz (PA) Schwarz (MI) Scott (VA) Shays Sherman Simmons Skelton Slaughter Smith (NJ) Snyder Solis Spratt Stupak Tanner Tauscher Taylor (MS) Thompson (MS) Tierney Towns Turner Udall (NM) Upton Van Hollen Velázquez Visclosky Walden (OR) Walsh Wamp Wasserman Schultz Watt Waxman Weiner Weldon (PA) Wexler Wilson (NM) Wolf Wu

[kingu]

Here's who voted against.

[flashbunny]

*cough* bush....

he can't escape blame, especially after he said he would veto it when he was campaigning.