Freedom of Speech

While the nation, quite under­stand­ably, focus­es their col­lec­tive atten­tion on the con­tin­u­al stream of scan­dals that spill out of the White House, too many remain unaware of the assault occur­ring on our Bill of Rights in the Sen­ate.

Sen­ate Res­o­lu­tion 19, a res­o­lu­tion that calls for fun­da­men­tal­ly chang­ing the First Amend­ment, is being hailed by Democ­rats as a nec­es­sary mea­sure to lim­it polit­i­cal influ­ence in elec­tions.

It sounds dire- and it is. The pro­posed con­sti­tu­tion­al amend­ment is designed to give Con­gress the author­i­ty to lim­it fundrais­ing and spend­ing on elec­tions as well as inde­pen­dent polit­i­cal activ­i­ty. Though polit­i­cal expres­sion is pro­tect­ed by the First Amend­ment, Sen­ate Democ­rats are hop­ing to squash it, un-coin­ci­den­tal­ly carv­ing out a nar­row exemp­tion for media out­lets who, by-and-large, lean heav­i­ly-left.