{"id":4052,"date":"2007-11-20T12:49:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-20T18:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=4052"},"modified":"2017-05-21T03:32:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T09:32:18","slug":"hr-1955-more-threatening-to-the-constitution-than-the-patriot-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/hr-1955-more-threatening-to-the-constitution-than-the-patriot-act\/","title":{"rendered":"HR 1955: More threatening to the Constitution than the Patriot Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"story-byline\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/thought_police.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/thought_police.thumbnail.gif\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>Here come the thought police<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"story-byline\">By Ralph E. Shaffer and R. William Robinson, Blatimore Sun<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With overwhelming bipartisan support, Rep. Jane Harman&#8217;s (D-CA) &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-1955\">Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act&#8221; <\/a>passed the House 404-6 late last month and now rests in Sen. Joe Lieberman&#8217;s Homeland Security Committee. Swift Senate passage appears certain.<\/p>\n<p>Not since the &#8220;Patriot Act&#8221; of 2001 has any bill so threatened our constitutionally guaranteed rights.<\/p>\n<p>The historian Henry Steele Commager, denouncing President John Adams&#8217; suppression of free speech in the 1790s, argued that the Bill of Rights was not written to protect government from dissenters but to provide a legal means for citizens to oppose a government they didn&#8217;t trust. Thomas Jefferson&#8217;s Declaration of Independence not only proclaimed the right to dissent but declared it a people&#8217;s duty, under certain conditions, to alter or abolish their government.<\/p>\n<p>In that vein, diverse groups vigorously oppose Ms. Harman&#8217;s effort to stifle dissent. Unfortunately, the mainstream press and leading presidential candidates remain silent.<\/p>\n<p>(Original Article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here come the thought police By Ralph E. Shaffer and R. William Robinson, Blatimore Sun With overwhelming bipartisan support, Rep. Jane Harman&#8217;s (D-CA) &#8220;Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act&#8221; passed the House 404-6 late last month and now rests in Sen. Joe Lieberman&#8217;s Homeland Security Committee. Swift Senate passage appears certain. 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