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To: Grimmy

It would look like something that the USSC could knock down, even if not repealed.

A cornerstone US constitutional philosophy is that, generally, good speech may be expected to vanquish bad speech — with some tightly constrained exceptions such as libel and slander. It was early held in the courts that sedition didn’t qualify — it could be countered by patriotic messages. Raising up the devil never has as much power as raising up God. However this principle is sorely tested when few people are truly interested in raising up God.

Like it or not, America has a theological background. Its constitution, while not perfectly formulated, was intended to stand against such a background. Good is stronger than evil, and speech is a means of raising the power of either.


6 posted on 12/26/2016 6:29:39 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
It would look like something that the USSC could knock down, even if not repealed.

Just as the USSC held that the Affordable Care Act could not be constitutionally enacted as an individual mandate (as it was clearly written) but it could be constitutionally enacted when considered to be a tax - so, without any support in the legislative record, it's now a tax.

Words have meanings only so long as they don't interfere with the plans of our would-be masters and faith in the Supreme Court to rule against their plans in any way is misplaced.
23 posted on 12/26/2016 7:20:06 PM PST by Garth Tater (Return to sound money and Constitutional governance.)
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