Oppose SB 1959 to protect 1st Amendment
This is the action I have taken after alerting John Linder [GA-07]) that he should be more careful. This has been referred to the Homeland Security committee of the Senate (Chairman, Joe Lieberman) so I wrote my Senators to ask them to oppose it (Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isackson in Georgia). I recommend everyone write their senator and ask them to oppose it.
110th Congress: House Vote #993 (Oct 23, 2007)
H.R. 1955: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 (Vote On Passage)
House Vote #993 --- Oct 23, 2007
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2007-993
Make sure all these people get voted out of office.
This is the action I have taken after alerting John Linder [GA-07]) that he should be more careful. This has been referred to the Homeland Security committee of the Senate (Chairman, Joe Lieberman) so I wrote my Senators to ask them to oppose it (Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isackson in Georgia). I recommend everyone write their senator and ask them to oppose it.
Dear Senator [Johnny] Isackson:
I am writing you to get you to oppose passage of Senate Bill 1959 which I believe to be an incremental assault on the First Amendment. It has already passed the house before I was made aware of it and seems to have been introduced as a non-controversial bill, masquerading as a tool to control fomenting terrorist rabble.
I would prefer the rabble to be heard rather than the steps to censure. We don't need muzzles in America, despite what may come out of their mouths.
Both the intent and the method of this bill should be clearly unconstitutional, but it is better not to rely on the courts to correct.
Let me know about your position on this and whether or not I can count on you to oppose it.
I am writing you to get you to oppose passage of Senate Bill 1959 which I believe to be an incremental assault on the First Amendment. It has already passed the house before I was made aware of it and seems to have been introduced as a non-controversial bill, masquerading as a tool to control fomenting terrorist rabble.
I would prefer the rabble to be heard rather than the steps to censure. We don't need muzzles in America, despite what may come out of their mouths.
Both the intent and the method of this bill should be clearly unconstitutional, but it is better not to rely on the courts to correct.
Let me know about your position on this and whether or not I can count on you to oppose it.