NRB Warns Against Senate Proposal to Limit First Amendment Freedoms
The United States Senate is considering an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that could have serious repercussions for First Amendment freedoms. While proponents of the amendment are lauding it as a move toward campaign finance reform, Dr. Jerry A. Johnson, President & CEO of NRB, called it “convoluted” and “unacceptable,” and warned it would be “detrimental to liberty and equality, preparing the way for the government to prefer one voice over another – or to suppress one voice under another.”
NRB is not alone in its alarm at this proposal. In a hearing on the constitutional amendment this week before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the top Republican on the panel, laid out a powerful case against the amendment starting with the foundational principles of unalienable rights found in the Declaration of Independence. He emphasized, “The Bill of Rights protects individual rights regardless of whether the government or a majority approves of their use.” Regarding the subject of the hearing, Senator Grassley stated …
The United States Senate is considering an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that could have serious repercussions for First Amendment freedoms. While proponents of the amendment are lauding it as a move toward campaign finance reform, Dr. Jerry A. Johnson, President & CEO of NRB, called it “convoluted” and “unacceptable,” and warned it would be “detrimental to liberty and equality, preparing the way for the government to prefer one voice over another – or to suppress one voice under another.”
