CNS News: Pelosi: Amend the First Amendment

[Patricia M. McBride]

To say I literally can't stand this woman might be an understatement, but for her to be involved in anything about rewriting the constitution or anyone of her ilk touching our founding documents, makes me ill.  I guess we have to hope folks are smarter than they were when they approved the 16th amendment by being tricked into believing the fairy tale they were told about the addition of the 16th amendment (ie  it was only going to be a very small amount and it was good for the country.........).  We have to be vigilent, and given how totally malfunctional Washington is, I would think no one should allow them to destroy the constitution like they have destroyed every other thing they have touched (and Pelosi is one of the head crooks and wack jobs.........she needs to get back on her broom for California and stay there).

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By Terence P.  Jeffrey

April 19, 2012

(CNSNews.com) - 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 and radio 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 role 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 2010 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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