Constitutional Fail: 7 Ways the Left Abuses the First Amendment

March 20, 2011 at 1:50 pm | Posted in NewsRealBlog | 1 Comment
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by Walter Hudson, contributed to David Horowitz’s NewsReal Blog

It is perhaps the most renowned sample of law in the Western world, the first of ten amendments anti-federalists insisted upon adding to the Constitution. It’s purpose has been bemoaned by the sitting president of the United States.

…the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties, says what the states can’t do to you, says what the federal government can’t do to you. But it doesn’t say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf.

Despite the First Amendment’s intended purpose of prohibiting federal encroachment upon individual rights, the Left has masterfully twisted its guarantees into both rhetorical bludgeons and demands for provision. It seems increasingly common to encounter mindless cries of “freedom of speech” or “religious freedom” from people who do not understand what those or other rights actually are.

Read on at David Horowitz’s NewsReal Blog…

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