Yeah, so much for the Constitution, right Democrats? An aside on the Democrat only sponsored SB466 - Granite Grok

Yeah, so much for the Constitution, right Democrats? An aside on the Democrat only sponsored SB466

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First 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.

 I like how the Cornell Law School interprets the First in current phrasing:  “It guarantees freedom of expression by prohibiting Congress from restricting the press or the rights of individuals to speak freely. ”

NH Constitution [Free Speech; Liberty of the Press.] Free speech and liberty of the press are essential to the security of freedom in a state: They ought, therefore, to be inviolably preserved.

So, as Steve alluded to, who were the sponsors of SB466 that was a brazen attempt at silencing politicians to whom they disagreed and weaponized their own political positions to do so (reformatted)? 

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SENATE BILL 466 – AN ACT relative to political activities of commissioners of state agencies. SPONSORS: Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1; Sen. Cavanaugh, Dist 16; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Watters, Dist 4

All Democrats, each and every one.

I tried to show here (“Read the Constitution. Read the Federalist Papers,” Schumer said), the idea that Democrats are “all about the Constitution” and the values for what it stands for is ludicrous.  For them, it is only a political weapon to be used when it serves their agenda or ignored completely when it doesn’t.  Steve’s post said it well:

SB466 died in committee with (what may well be) one of the shortest dockets in legislative history. The reason it died is simple. Republicans (even in the New Hampshire State Senate) aren’t all that into limiting speech yet (SB120 aside). That and the Bill attempted to silence political activity including speech for every commissioner in the state of New Hampshire.

So why do I quote the Constitutions so often?

Mainly because I have found that few have really read them.  If they have, it was a long time ago and memories fade.  Worse is the current crop of kids in school – it is clear that with the current Progressive fueled-attempt to resurrect the Children’s Crusade in serving their civilian disarmament agenda, few are

Because they are our Foundational Law – is it what our legal and governmental organizations are built upon. They are to serve as a limitation by those serving in government and act as a bulwark for We the People from Government interference and Tyranny. They are the primary impetus for implementation of one of our Republic’s Pillars: The Rule of Law (and not The Rule of Man).  Each of us SHOULD know, if not by heart (which I don’t), where to go to look them up.  In the Manufacturing world, they would be called our Standard of Measure – ALL subsequent law, statutes, ordinances, and policies from the Federal Govt down to local boards and commissions, should not just be obeying the Letter of that Foundational Law, but its Spirit as well.

For as Ian Underwood pointed out if our lawmakers refuse to obey what the Constitutions stand for, why should we obey theirs?  Which is the greater sin (trick question btw)?

The first is that a bill like this undermines respect for the very rule of law itself. After all, if the legislature isn’t going to respect the limits placed on it by the NH Constitution, then why should individuals respect the limits placed on them by that legislature — whether regarding guns, or schools, or traffic laws, or anything else?

The Democrats sponsoring SB466 refuse to hear his words, measured out their intent, and by passed the meaning and spirit of both Constitutional commands that should have kept them fenced in.  Controlling ANYONE’s speech, or the attempt to do is, is plainly Tyranny.  The Constitutions are clear – Government can’t do that to Individuals, even if they serve within Government.

I was subject to such an attempt when I first served on my town’s Budget Committee – both Doug and I were quite outspoken and we used all of our outlets to say EXACTLY what we thought (and if you don’t know what we thought, and still do, go back into our archives and start reading our posts and make your way to our current crop) when the former Town Administrator Evans Juris (he who couldn’t even figure out how to turn on a laptop)  and former Finance Director (and now Belknap County Administrator – talk about failing upwards) Debbie Shackett tried to shut both Doug and I up with a “Code of Ethics” which tried to implement the idea that we had to hang up our First Amendment Rights on a hook of their pleasing.  That lasted only as long as I found they had basically plagiarized the entire Code from the city of Sunnyvale, CA.

Will Woodburn, Cavanaugh, Feltes, Fuller Clark, Hennessey, Kahn, Lasky, Soucy, Watters be punished by voters for this malfeasance?  I think not:

  • The Democrat Party is now tribalism driven – this is insufficient to out them from Progressive Collectivist herd.
  • The public at large has been the target of the Progressive led Education-Industrial Complex – they no longer realize what their birthrights are anymore due to inadequate (some would say intentional) teaching.

And the Republicans in the Senate just let it pass other than a few words of faux outrage.

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