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<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001SNeh30AgI8XT_ql4eMkA-sKnMcHW3onKqyF-YFMPVjUi pTGlCNn3YRnFoqOI48S7Iy_owSIc4gwHW13k6azArxZxPyxktu_x2lpX2_N9MYIjPb5pZtCoLl9U GRyKg8lc9TNgMK38lBynX2V7saWfG4VmS73Ycz55C6jGnL19WS0OIhlJtZnegg==&c=avnm6jA6R FXNWzc07tskzk2jYqYccMCNZsJoEJaLJKsl1MgZPrUFKw==&ch=b5LIYvfATE1jMO03QuE1AdUAl -uv2WaX1Ajtf1Y-twAy8cNNgYtBNA==> May 7, 2014 Abridge Too Far Sick and tired of "too much money" in politics? Worried the average citizen's voice is being drowned out? Thirty-six Democratic U.S. Senators have just the thing: a re-write of the First Amendment. They've co-sponsored a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Senate Joint Resolution 19 <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001SNeh30AgI8XT_ql4eMkA-sKnMcHW3onKqyF-YFMPVjUi pTGlCNn3YcoNrXecvO-K_wZ5LjD0kUGUNTZwkxhcV7XOlyVfll7laixLHIzY7okOu3_cIpCV8aQP oEQkUJAJt1F6dvtWUO5qDtgut4WfH-tZpGfWiW8VvU2c5u2VbZO7G0Ln7jt841LliUBsxZ9RsUbv x_oWMMhbBzB7l3EC_-2OlPhED3oKUjC2vdlNutTzJa9VWCPTz9AuE3JzgJ-K&c=avnm6jA6RFXNW zc07tskzk2jYqYccMCNZsJoEJaLJKsl1MgZPrUFKw==&ch=b5LIYvfATE1jMO03QuE1AdUAl-uv2 WaX1Ajtf1Y-twAy8cNNgYtBNA==> . "We would give the power back to the Congress," says chief sponsor Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM). Wait. That's amending reality. Congress never had any such power. The instructions in the Constitution are quite clear: "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ..." These 36 solons reverse course with the wording <http://thisiscommonsense.com/images/tom-udall.png> ... Congress shall have power to regulate the raising and spending of money and in-kind equivalents with respect to Federal elections, including through setting limits on -- 1. the amount of contributions to candidates for nomination for election to, or for election to, Federal office; and 2. the amount of funds that may be spent by, in support of, or in opposition to such candidates. Our brand new constitution would not contain a single word of restraint. Instead, powerful congressional incumbents would wield complete and total control over all money to be raised or spent by their competitors. And note: they already enjoy a tremendous name recognition advantage over their challengers. What happens when incumbents limit campaign spending too low for challengers to compete? Its negation of rights is so sweeping that the amendment actually states, "Nothing in this article shall be construed to grant Congress the power to abridge the freedom of the press." No worries for the New York Times, then. But just how much of the First Amendment do the rest of us get to keep? This is Common Sense. I'm Paul Jacob. Comment on this episode <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001SNeh30AgI8XT_ql4eMkA-sKnMcHW3onKqyF-YFMPVjUi pTGlCNn3YcoNrXecvO-KVPG-2X9WZYWz_ChcP2pZpkf91jew5lIWNAy7yK22jJyuduArKTYy3rzY 0H4FqeX9qtIJYvfijMvYu_I7bC03_QYOCHrf23K2wlSO_vjeQyp1P6o7E9I96nINDXCt0Yry&c=a vnm6jA6RFXNWzc07tskzk2jYqYccMCNZsJoEJaLJKsl1MgZPrUFKw==&ch=b5LIYvfATE1jMO03Q uE1AdUAl-uv2WaX1Ajtf1Y-twAy8cNNgYtBNA==> | View/Print the PDF <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001SNeh30AgI8XT_ql4eMkA-sKnMcHW3onKqyF-YFMPVjUi pTGlCNn3YcoNrXecvO-KP5U6vD8FPEGEIYDk_IMQ9OrVN2aTdTQxmpSTD8IV4L2jOOwrKyLQzj2s sgU8-9a4ckTR2vxRU-uXXmio_2F4tQqWVq-krLxBRiZ5vomZ2sVNSsYJJX59TeGURN7q73B8oWEV mU3nCvk=&c=avnm6jA6RFXNWzc07tskzk2jYqYccMCNZsJoEJaLJKsl1MgZPrUFKw==&ch=b5LIY vfATE1jMO03QuE1AdUAl-uv2WaX1Ajtf1Y-twAy8cNNgYtBNA==> Today On May 7, 1992, Michigan ratified a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. The amendment had been written by James Madison and was part of the original twelve amendments that became the ten amendments making up the Bill of Rights. It bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a pay raise until after the next election, so that voters have a chance to decide whether those voting for the raise will be in Congress to receive it. Thought <http://thisiscommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ortega.png> The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God forgot inside one of His creatures when He made him. All our other faculties keep us within the realm of the real, of what is already there. The most we can do is to combine things or to break them up. The metaphor alone furnishes an escape; between the real things, it lets emerge imaginary reefs, a crop of floating islands. --José Ortega y Gasset Video Click HERE <http://thisiscommonsense.com/2014/02/15/video-our-pension-problem/> to see Paul's latest! <http://thisiscommonsense.com/images/GCF-vertical-logo.png> Paul Jacob is President of the Liberty Initiative Fund <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001SNeh30AgI8XT_ql4eMkA-sKnMcHW3onKqyF-YFMPVjUi pTGlCNn3YRnFoqOI48S75uGuNUdFebK0DCK5_Ag_tLKU9GYDIwlvONJCjZmfsbCmAkeybUK0gSkW icuryMc14g4KjPa_wP61eetXmpCh0VJdiVJE6Zs-ZdIPBUIbnb0=&c=avnm6jA6RFXNWzc07tskz k2jYqYccMCNZsJoEJaLJKsl1MgZPrUFKw==&ch=b5LIYvfATE1jMO03QuE1AdUAl-uv2WaX1Ajtf 1Y-twAy8cNNgYtBNA==> as well as a board member of Great Communicators Foundation, which sponsors both Common Sense <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001SNeh30AgI8XT_ql4eMkA-sKnMcHW3onKqyF-YFMPVjUi pTGlCNn3YRnFoqOI48S7Iy_owSIc4gwHW13k6azArxZxPyxktu_x2lpX2_N9MYIjPb5pZtCoLl9U GRyKg8lc9TNgMK38lBynX2V7saWfG4VmS73Ycz55C6jGnL19WS0OIhlJtZnegg==&c=avnm6jA6R FXNWzc07tskzk2jYqYccMCNZsJoEJaLJKsl1MgZPrUFKw==&ch=b5LIYvfATE1jMO03QuE1AdUAl -uv2WaX1Ajtf1Y-twAy8cNNgYtBNA==> and Paul's weekly Townhall Column <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001SNeh30AgI8XT_ql4eMkA-sKnMcHW3onKqyF-YFMPVjUi pTGlCNn3YRnFoqOI48S71jRuh0gGOFMqUovgoQQPnNLjID2RX4cuTXJoDqVPtg3JC2KU2nmtnd5_ 9VoTSrkuY9qhoTNSpHLDTRQ1hoHc6dmfFif_87lRtS9GmEcSx-exMlEBVMMVHT21X66LMgaSEETL YeDvVyA=&c=avnm6jA6RFXNWzc07tskzk2jYqYccMCNZsJoEJaLJKsl1MgZPrUFKw==&ch=b5LIY vfATE1jMO03QuE1AdUAl-uv2WaX1Ajtf1Y-twAy8cNNgYtBNA==> . 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