#AskRonPaul: Fighting Recession, Protecting the Constitution, Social Security, and Income Tax

[Brian4Liberty]

#AskRonPaul: Fighting Recession, Protecting the Constitution, Social Security, and Income Tax

#AskRonPaul -- In this segment we take your questions and concerns from Twitter/X!

 

[Brian4Liberty]

I like that second question...


Unfortunately, the answer wasn't very hopeful. To summarize Ron's response, politicians don't take their oath of office seriously, and they don't follow the Constitution.

I can see the ballot box being a potential "remedy", which works very rarely, but at least it works sometimes. It would be nice if there was some variation of impeachment for politicians who willfully violate the Constitution, but as we have seen, impeachment is always an exercise in partisan politics, which like the Constitution, is never taken seriously. It is supposed to be a trial, but instead it is a partisan farce.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Victory in court (at least temporarily)!

Judge blocks California deepfakes law that sparked Musk-Newsom row
The decision is a blow to the state’s leading Democrats who’ve tried to rein in misleading social media content ahead of the November elections.

SACRAMENTO, California — A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a California measure restricting the use of digitally altered political “deepfakes” just two weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law.

The ruling is a blow to a push by the state’s leading Democrats to rein in misleading content on social media ahead of Election Day.

Chris Kohls, known as “Mr Reagan” on X, sued to prevent the state from enforcing the law after posting an AI-generated video of a Harris campaign ad on the social media site. He claimed the video was protected by the First Amendment because it was a parody.

The judge agreed.

“Most of [the law] acts as a hammer instead of a scalpel,” Senior U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez wrote, calling it “a blunt tool hinders humorous expression and unconstitutionally stifles the free and unfettered exchange of ideas.” He carved out an exception for a “not unduly burdensome” portion of the law that requires verbal disclosure of digitally altered content in audio-only recordings.
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More: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/02/california-law-block-political-deepfakes-00182277

https://x.com/USAB4L/status/1841677607328195021