Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] A moment of silence for the First Amendment(fwd)

[Rick Buford <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

1st 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.

The loophole that I think they're trying to get this thru is that this 
is no "law", this is simply a "security measure".

Frankly, this is one of the biggest loads of malarkey this side of the 
impending Iraq invasion. Unfortunately, by the time you get to a lawyer, 
your rights are already gone...

Rick

Mike Miller wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Michael wrote:
> 
> 
>>http://www.post-gazette.com/columnists/20020905brian5.asp
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks, Michael.  That was a good one.  The big question for me is this:
> What do we have in the law to enforce the protection of free speech?
> When the secret service decides that "today will be a no-free-speech day,"
> what possible punishment do they face for such a gross violation of our
> rights?  Bad publicity?  Can they be sued?  (If they can be sued, and they
> lose, where does the money come from -- tax dollars?)
> 
> If the President finds his "free-speach zone" approach to be an effective
> way to manipulate press coverage, what will stop him from doing it
> whenever he pleases, despite repeated rulings that it is unconstitutional?
> Can we even infer that the order came from the President, or do we have to
> deal with a massive diffusion of responsibility?  (Does "the buck" still
> stop at the President's desk?)
> 
> I'm asking these questions because I really don't know the answers.  I
> think what happened is deplorable and it should be *prevented* from
> happening again.  It's too bad we aren't hearing more about this right now
> when it could hurt the President's favored candidates for Congress.
> 
> Mike
> 
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