Strike up the band for the First Amendment. That sound is the result of the United States Supreme Court upholding freedom of speech for various groups and at the same time, destroyed most of the campaign finance law. There is another sound; it is the rage of the liberals that have lost control of the dissemination of political information. That to them is totally un-American and must not be allowed to stand. It isn’t dangerous to the republic, as they would have you believe; is dangerous to their continued imperial rule.

 It is most interesting to learn the identity of those who do not like the decision by the Robert’s majority. The New York Times has taken extreme umbrage to the decision saying it is destructive to our democracy. We have a republic and the decision restores the voice of individuals and groups to say and print what they believe whether the hearers and readers believe it or not. The Times likes the idea that a group of citizens can limit what other citizens say and write. In other words, the minority through law has made the republic into a democracy and which has enabled them to stifle political speech. However, news groups have the unfettered right to speak and print as they desire. In effect, they had no competition due the campaign finance law.

A cry by the left is that corporations will now threaten politicians with defeat if they attempt to control their business. The left is only looking at it from the standpoint that the corporations will rage against Congress when it tries cut off their illicit activities (which for the most part do not exist.) That is smoke to hide the other side of the coin. The truth is that corporations will be able to speak against those politicians who want to exert control through the color of law to the detriment of the business world. The left has a great tendency of not speaking all the truth, if it speaks truth at all, and the truth in this matter is that the left doesn’t like most corporations and other groups that oppose the leftist agenda.

When the left cries about court decisions and certain laws, you can be sure that the rulings and the laws are affecting their ability to lord it over us. Whatever is said is always slanted to make the position sound appealing and look good in order to maintain their position. The man in the White House never misses an opportunity to castigate the court for the decision, and if he doesn’t have the opportunity, he makes one whether it fits or not. His media minions constantly harp on it and the writers of letters to newspapers who oppose the ruling continue to show their ignorance of the Constitution.

Our republic was founded on the premise that all people, whether individually or in groups, have the right to speak politically, religiously and on other topics. Yet, the left tries to obfuscate the matter. The Times said, “The Constitution … mentions many things and assigns them rights (?) and protections—the people, militias, the press, religion. But it does not mention corporations.” It doesn’t mention a host of other things either. But it does mention that the Congress cannot limit freedom of speech whether is individuals or groups.

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