Monday, May 19, 2014

Harry Reid is Planning to Changing the 1st Amendment!



Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has announced that he will put a constitutional amendment up for a vote in the United States Senate to change the definition of the First Amendment!
The Supreme Court has recently ruled on two separate occasions (Citizens United vs. FEC and McCutcheon vs. FEC) that because it costs money to engage in political speech in the 21st century, individual and independent political expenditures are protected under the free speech clause of the First Amendment. 

This has been true since the country's founding. No one doubts that the First Amendment protects an individual's right to stand on a soapbox and cry out against government tyranny and injustice. But the First Amendment also protects individuals who pay to have their messages disseminated. It has always cost money to disseminate printed news, for example, and just because it costs capital to do that doesn't mean that the speech contained in that text shouldn't be considered protected speech. 

The Left would argue otherwise. Harry Reid wants to amend the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to clarify that messages that cost money to disseminate are not considered protected speech. He wants your individual voice to be limited just to how loudly you can yell! 

This isn't just unconstitutional and un-American... It is treasonous! Senators Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) have announced that this new amendment will be voted on by the end of the year! If this movement is not stopped now, the very bedrock of our civil liberties could be changed forever! 

Harry Reid's proposed Constitutional Amendment is just the latest manifestation of the Democrats' absolute hatred for Conservative political participation. 

They claim to be trying to keep money out of politics. Unfortunately, as the Supreme Court correctly identified, it costs money to engage in many types of political speech. Whether it is buying TV or radio airtime, taking out an ad in the paper, or even paying the cable bill to be able to update your blog, there are very few remaining ways to participate in the public political discussion without paying out of pocket in some way.
The Supreme Court has taken the right step to protect Americans from these Liberal attempts to silence them. Whether you are a millionaire wanting to produce a political advertisement or if you're getting together with buddies to pool resources and rent a highway billboard, the First Amendment protects your right to spend money to engage in "Free Speech." And that is what the Democrats hate! 

This isn't about getting money out of politics. Whatever the Democrats put up for a vote, you can rest assured that it will carve out an exemption for the liberal labor unions. No, this is about eliminating your ability to participate in the political process and stopping you from amplifying your individual voice. 

Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer have already promised that this proposed amendment will be put to a vote. If it succeeds, you can kiss your constitutional rights good-bye. Now, more than ever, we must stand against these Liberal legislators and STOP them from changing the Constitution to redefine "Free Speech! 

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