Block all of the free speech you find irredeemable. Once
Hillary packs the Supreme Court and it reverses the Citizens United decision,
then this will be standard operating procedure on a national scale. If you want
to know how that will work out, just look at the amendment to the Bill of
Rights that Democrats proposed in 2013. The Democrats actually proposed an
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 by
Tom Udall on June 18, 2013. It had 43 co-sponsors, all Democrats, in the Senate.
Harry Reid enthusiastically supported 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 should be able to understand this. This proposed
amendment to the Bill of Rights was the Democrats' reaction to the Citizens
United decision. It shows you exactly where Democrats want to go if Citizens
United is overturned.
The text of the amendment
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