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Nashua Democrat Jan Schmidt is the co-sponsor of a proposed bill that would define (presumably) a point where interacting with a public official online becomes cyberstalking or bullying. Jan is no friend of free speech, but she thinks she is and to make the case she borrows someone else’s.
I have not lived in Monroe County, New York, for 30 years, but I grew up there, so this caught my eye. The County Legislature has approved a measure that would make it a crime “to annoy” a policeman.
The Left’s war on free speech is well underway. In less than a generation (or a Supreme Court Justice or two), we could find ourselves incapable of saying what we think about a wide range of things, which begs the question.
Francesca Diggs, Janice Schmidt, Debra Altschiller, Sherry Frost, Nancy Murphy, and Wendy Thomas have a legislative Service Request (LSR). The LSR Title is “relative to cyberbullying and cyberstalking of a public servant.”
It has always been the America position that free speech is an opportunity to enlighten ignorance. Do you think the First Amendment should be rewritten? Do you think it is a good idea to crackdown on free speech, as well as the press?
Janus vs. AFSCME made it illegal for unions to take fees without consent. Many states responded by assuming consent or the implementation of opt-out programs. Alaska has gone and done this right.
A distraught father took to social media for years to vent over a lost custody battle he is convinced cost his son his life. Someone notified the judge who ordered that custody. The man was charged with malicious use of telecommunications services.
When the Supreme Court won’t back your unconstitutional Statist speech suppression antics what is a political party to do? Amend the First Amendment. That’s the plan according to US Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Tom Udall (D- NM).
NHPR has an interview with Senator Jeanne Shaheen, and a few things are abundantly clear. She heard a different version of Bob Mueller’s testimony this week. Oh, and she’s not serious about Russian Meddling in our elections.
Opposition to freedom is as old as time. Historically freedom is the exception, not the norm. Here in America, we institutionalized freedom in our first amendment. Allen C. Guelzo, in his article “Free Speech and Its Present Crisis,” explored the trials and tribulations associated with the First Amendment. Historical Attacks on our freedom… Noteworthy among …
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