There is actually a
proposed amendment to the Constitution that would allow Congress to regulate
free speech. Here’s the most important
part of the text: “Congress shall have power to regulate the raising and
spending of money and in-kind equivalents with respect to Federal elections.” This amendment, S. J.
Res. 19, was introduced byTom Udall on June 18, 2013. It has 43 cosponsors, all Democrats, in the
Senate. Harry Reid enthusiastically
supports the proposed amendment.
Basically the Democrats have a problem with political spending by any
incorporated group. The amendment also
says, “Nothing in this article shall be construed to grant Congress the power
to abridge the freedom of the press.” If
passed, this amendment would mean that Congress would enact legislation that
would define corporations that agree with them, like the New York Times, as “The
Press.” In turn they could legislatively
define the communications of other corporations, like for example Citizens
United, as “speech.” So Congress could
use legislation to muzzle opposition “speech” while allowing friendly opinions
to appear in “The Press.” If this was
enacted, say goodbye to Freedom of Speech. Even low information voters can
understand this. It's not that this will ever be enacted. It's the fact that
they would seriously propose this that should open everyone's eyes to what they
really want to do.
The text of the amendment
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