Goodbye, First Amendment: ‘Trespass Bill’ will make protest illegal:
Just when you thought the government couldn’t ruin the First Amendment any further: The House of Representatives approved a bill on Monday that outlaws protests in instances where some government officials are nearby, whether or not you even know it.
The US House of Representatives voted 388-to-3 in favor of H.R. 347 late Monday, a bill which is being dubbed the Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011. In the bill, Congress officially makes it illegal to trespass on the grounds of the White House, which, on the surface, seems not just harmless and necessary, but somewhat shocking that such a rule isn’t already on the books. The wording in the bill, however, extends to allow the government to go after much more than tourists that transverse the wrought iron White House fence.
Under the act, the government is also given the power to bring charges against Americans engaged in political protest anywhere in the country.
This bill makes it a federal offense to protest anywhere someone protected by the Secret Service (including Rick Santorum) is or might be in the near future. In other words: glitter bombing? Federal offense. Protesting in front of city hall? Potential federal offense.
THIS is an affront to the First Amendment, not requiring insurers to cover birth control. Sigh.
-Jess
the motherfuck is this. I cannot believe this. what the hell is happening to our country?
Good luck trying to pass that you bourgeoisy fucks.
What…?
Is… is this a joke?
They can’t do that. That’s completely unconstitutional.
That’s… that’s really scary…
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This shit pisses me off. Harper will 100000% for sure copy this. Canada fucking copies everything the States does. SOPA?...
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The threat of this is very frightening, but it adds to the laundry list of threatened Constitutional rights that have...
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:| I couldnt help thinking about how at least this will end up getting the Westboro fucks too. But then I realized that...
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