Freedom to associate and " to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." both from the first amendment, mean that lobbying even as it is now stays. You'd have to rewrite the Constitution to change those two provisions.
On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 7:03 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Free speech applies to the individual. We each get one voice. > Eliminating lobbying would not suppress the free speech of the > individual. > > The NRA is no more the voice of the individual that the RIAA..both > claim to represent their members, but in reality they are simply > fronts for their corporate masters..the entertainment industry in the > case of RIAA, the gun manufacturers in the case of the NRA. If you > think either speak "for the people" you need to look at their revenue > sources. > > On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Sisk, Kris <ks...@gckschools.com> wrote: >> >> That's true to, but the line blurs with some of the lobby groups. Just >> as an example, the NRA is not a person, but it does represent its >> members, who are people. An NRA lobbyist is basically the voice of NRA >> members in Washington. Now obviously not all lobby groups are like that >> (a RIAA lobbyist, for instance, represents an industry, which is not a >> person by any sane definition), but you'd have a real fight on you hands >> to ban just certain types of lobbyists. >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:330369 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
