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April 20, 2012
Nancy Pelosi Calls For Amending The First Amendment
Pelosi Calls For Amending The First Amendment…
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday endorsed a movement announced by other congressional Democrats on Wednesday to ratify an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would allow Congress to regulate political speech when it is engaged in by corporations as opposed to individuals.
The First Amendment says in part: “Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press. . .”
Television networks, newspapers, publishing houses, movie studios and think tanks, as well as political action committees, are usually organized as, or elements of, corporations.
Pelosi said the Democrats’ effort to amend the Constitution is part of a three-pronged strategy that also includes promoting the DISCLOSE Act, which would increase disclosure requirements for organizations running political ads, and “reducing the roll of money in campaigns” (which some Democrats have said can be done through taxpayer funding of campaigns).
The constitutional amendment the Democrats seek would reverse the Supreme Court’s 2009 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. In that decision the court said that the First Amendment protects a right of free speech for corporations as well as for individuals, and that corporations (including those that produce newspapers, films and books) have a right to speak about politicians and their records just as individuals do.
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Wild Thing's comment.........
The left hates our Founding Fathers, our Constitution etc. It gets stronger and stronger it seems over the years. Especially since having OBama as president, it was giving them permission to be even worse then they were before.
Posted by Wild Thing at April 20, 2012 12:47 AM
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Fortunately, it takes more than a vote in congress to amend the Constitution.
Posted by: BobF at April 20, 2012 07:30 AM
This woman is nuts. Her concept of govt is pure socialist. She hates the idea of restraints on govt power.
Posted by: TomR, armed in Texas at April 20, 2012 12:43 PM
