USA - United States Senator Mike Lee

OFF THE WIRE
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=776770305687998&fref=nf
Today in Judiciary Committee we voted on S.J. Res. 19: a constitutional amendment that would give Congress power to curtail Americans' First Amendment right to free speech.

It doesn�t take a complicated constitutional exposition to see what this proposed amendment is really about: power�giving it to sitting Members of Congress and taking it away from the American people, including, not coincidentally, any potential candidate that might like to challenge a sitting Member of Congress.
As we have seen in the unfolding scandal at the IRS, there is a permanent temptation facing those in power to muzzle dissent and a permanent inclination to deceive oneself into thinking that such a temptation does not exist.
This is precisely why we have a written Constitution that checks those in authority and prevents the kind of proposal I voted against today.