The fact that this: Scalias All the Way Down
is going on in the background makes me hope/think that Trump and a few others are in fact using the current kerfuffle as a "teachable moment" and a path to getting back to having some respect for constitutional protections.
The WSJ article is behind a paywall, but there is good extract here: https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/278287/
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- Sat Oct 14, 2017 10:20 am
- Forum: General Legislative Discussions
- Topic: GOP lawmaker drafts bill requiring journalists to register with police
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- Sat Oct 14, 2017 10:03 am
- Forum: General Legislative Discussions
- Topic: GOP lawmaker drafts bill requiring journalists to register with police
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Re: GOP lawmaker drafts bill requiring journalists to register with police
The left has tried for years to get the government to regulate (read: eliminate) "right wing news" (e.g. Fox), Rush, Tea Parties etc. They have succeeded wildly on college campuses, and they effectively used the government, with the acquiescence of not a few GOP operatives and politicians, in suppressing the Tea Parties' voices.
Trump and various Republicans are now deliberately showing them why it's a bad idea to let the government decide who gets to talk. "Leading by example" has failed miserably over the last decade.
It doesn't matter that I think the First (and Second) amendment are near absolutes. What matters is that a significant number of Democrats do not, and they make up the majority of "journalism" and the government do not, and they see no problem with regulating other viewpoints out of existence. Short of an actual shooting civil war, they are not going to come around to a "constitutional" view of freedom of the press without a hard punch to the nose.
I am not in favor of passing this legislation, but I am in favor of scaring the bejabbers out of the MSM and the Democrats (sorry for the redundancy).
Trump and various Republicans are now deliberately showing them why it's a bad idea to let the government decide who gets to talk. "Leading by example" has failed miserably over the last decade.
It doesn't matter that I think the First (and Second) amendment are near absolutes. What matters is that a significant number of Democrats do not, and they make up the majority of "journalism" and the government do not, and they see no problem with regulating other viewpoints out of existence. Short of an actual shooting civil war, they are not going to come around to a "constitutional" view of freedom of the press without a hard punch to the nose.
I am not in favor of passing this legislation, but I am in favor of scaring the bejabbers out of the MSM and the Democrats (sorry for the redundancy).