Shield Law

[ltorlo64]

Just sent this to my Congress people. I know that most focus in on the Democratic Senate refusing to negotiate on a budget, but the "Shield Law" being proposed by the Senate will have just as lasting and just as negative an affect.

Do Not Support the “Free Flow of Information Act” (S. 987)

This bill is being proposed and discussed in response to Attorney General Holder’s violation of the First Amendment. The goal of the “Free Flow of Information Act”, or Shield Bill is to define who is and is not a journalist. This is necessary, we are told, to ensure law enforcement knows what they can and cannot do and still support the First Amendment. Remember, it is already the Attorney General’s job to know this.

The idea that the Congress can decide who is and is not a journalist flies right in the face of the First Amendment. The First Amendment states “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.” By the very act of legislating who is and is not a journalist Congress is making a law that abridges the press. This is exactly the kind of law that our Founding Fathers were trying to prevent with the First Amendment.

I do believe that some action needs to be taken based on Attorney General Holder’s authorization of surveillance against various reporters, but it is not a new law. The Attorney General, who is the top law enforcement officer of our country, has taken an oath to support and defend our Constitution. Instead of doing this he tried to find a way around the Constitution to silence those whose speech he found inconvenient. In this case the only proper action is to censure the Attorney General for his failure to follow law and the Constitution. This is the only acceptable action for what he has done.

Please do not add onto his violation of the First Amendment by creating a law that will violate it even more.

Very Respectfully,

[Schuetzenman]

Clearly the Gov. is out of control and doesn't care to follow the Constitution, they've gone Rogue!

[ltorlo64]

Clearly the Gov. is out of control and doesn't care to follow the Constitution, they've gone Rogue!

Gone!?! They seem to be just continuing down the same track, just hiding it less as our population becomes less educated about what freedom and our Constitution actually means.

[N/A]

Gone!?! They seem to be just continuing down the same track, just hiding it less as our population becomes less educated about what freedom and our Constitution actually means.

Clearly, as they are still in power, they know they can get away with it.

[Gunner1558]

Started having our noses shoved in it with FDR and each dumbocrat since had pushed hrder, until they no longer care who knows what is happening.

Unbounded arrogance and the fact that their base cares only for what they are given for "Free" by those in power.

The drones almost outnumber the workers.