Posted on 05/31/2014 8:20:03 PM PDT by lbryce
41 senators want to repeal the First, and you don't find that alarming?
I find it something to be significantly pissed off about, even if it has no chance of ratification.
The constitution has already been shredded. McCain Feingold was a blow to the first amendment. You have countless 2nd amendment violations every single day. The 4th. AHAHAHAHAHA. Thanks for the laugh on that one. 5th 6th all the bill of rights vaporized. What’s one more on more illegal unconstitutional law on the first amendment? Of course any law coming out of congress will exempt themselves, unions, and lobbyists. Heck, Obama’s internet czars already want mandatory internet IDs, as if that mattered with the NSA recording everything in the digital world.
“Embrace the suck? -Nasty Pelosi
I thought this had ALREADY gone through the SCOTUS so what the
heck are we talking about here!!!! I know Obammie POS hated the ruling
but can the Senate overturn a ruling from the SCOTUS?????
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LOL!
I had a look at the video again. "Shock jock" Cruz's first statement wrongly gives the impression that the Senate can act unilaterally to amend the Constitution imo, Cruz said to repeal the 1st Amendment. He didn't even bother to cover his arse by using word "effectively" in conjunction with repeal 1A in first statement.
Since only the states have the constitutional authority to ratify proposed amendments to the Constitution, Cruz is politicking imo, making a lasting impression as a Paul Revere, but also knowing that people will probably not remember video by 2016.
I don’t think I’ve ever read a post of yours I disagreed with until now. They pull this off and we should have a war, taking out those who foisted this on us first. No mercy.
What Senator Cruz discusses in the video is a proposal, backed by 41 'Rat senators, to amend the Constitution and thereby bypass the Supreme Court ruling. The idea being that not only your heart bypass but political speech shall be as the Secretary shall determine.
In order to become part of the Constitution, the proposed amendment would have to pass by a two-thirds majority in both the Senate and the House and be ratified by three fourths of the States' legislatures.
So, yeah. Not going to happen. But it's the thought that counts!
I think you’re right. Ted Cruz is throwing bombs trying to imply that good and honorable U.S. senators have bad intentions. There’s just no place for that kind of mud slinging in politics.
Ted Cruz introduced convincing evidence that 41 of the 100 are evil.
IMO, Cruz wasn’t talking about a bill to actually change the First Amendment.
He is saying that Shumer’s bill relative to campaign finance reform will contain limitations on political speech, which would be a violation of the Freedom of Speech.
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I’m with you on this. I see it as a warning from Cruz that a stealth attack on the 1st Amendment will be disguised as “campaign finance reform.”
Cruz could have chosen his words more carefully, but then again, if he had stated it as succinctly as you just did, would we even be having this conversation? Probably not.
The stealth attack that I hear Cruz warning us about seems similar to how the 2nd Amendment is being attacked indirectly by every conceivable trick possible (ban on high-capacity magazines, IRS harassment of gun dealers, fed hoarding of ammo, etc.).
BTW, I can’t believe that no one replied to your response. It was a good one that is worthy of some conversation. (Must be all that good ol’ Texas blood coursing through your veins.;-)
Don’t be a hater. It has been proved that nothing bad will happen.
Welcome to the dictatorship of the Demonkrats.
I'm not talking.
There is no such a thing as a bill to change the First Amendment. The only way the First Amendment can be changed is by ratifying a superseding amendment.
He is saying that Shumer’s bill relative to campaign finance reform will contain limitations on political speech, which would be a violation of the Freedom of Speech.
Upchuck's bill is not a normal bill. A normal bill to do what he wants would be unconstitutional. So, Chuckie proposes to fix that problem in the only way possible: by amending the Constitution. Apparently, 41 senators, including Dingy Harry, have signed on. That is what Cruz addresses in the video.
I think most commenters on this thread just saw the reference to an Amendment and misunderstood what Cruz meant.
No, that's exactly what Cruz meant! An amendment to the Constitution to give the Secretary of whatever the same power over your political speech that she has over your heart bypass surgery! After all, what do you know? You're not an expert!
Fortunately, the requirements to amend the Constitution are steep. But it's the thought that counts! We know who the traitors are!
Bad news is the Feds are buying up all the ammo and there's none left for us to buy.
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