December 10, 2003

A Knife Through the First Amendment

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Until now.

The SCOTUS has just said this doesn’t matter. It is now illegal to run an ad that criticizes a politician 60 days before an election.

I don’t know why we even bother with a constitution any longer; they just make it up as they go along anyway.

As Rush pointed out today, sodomy is protected by the Constitution, but free speech is not. Is that crazy or what?

Posted by Ted at December 10, 2003 9:18 PM