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Originally posted by lendaddy
I'm not advocating anything here, but you are ofcourse aware that the above is not absolute.

Actually, yes it is an absolute, where do you see the wording that grants the federal government the power to decide limits on itself?

The most obvious being the freedom of speech (shouting fire in a crowded room, etc..).

That well worn reference to the "fire in a crowded theater" was created by the US Supreme Court to justify allowing the federal government arrest and conviction of persons attempting to thwart the draft during World War One; it was garbage then and it's garbage now. Of course, I may shout "fire" in a crowded theater, I have my power of speach intact the whole time I'm in there, and if there is a fire everyone ought to know about it. However, if there's no fire; then I'll have to bear responsibility for any damage or loss I create from my irresponsible act. That isn't a restriction on speach, requiring one to repay for a loss caused is common law, centuries old.

Rights are personal property; no one may legitimately remove them. I have the right to self defense, for example, that means that I must have access to any weapon I deem necessary to exercise that right. Freedom of the press means that I must have the right to purchase any device necessary to practice that right. You can't say the citizenry has the right to freedom of the press, then license the purchase and ownership of a printing press. Licenses for TV and radio stations are absolutely unConstitutional and always have been; their purpose is to enable government to exercise control over those media. The federal and state governments are nearly drooling over choosing a method to regulate the web and internet; so far unsuccessfully, but the threat is still present, from both the so-called right and so-called left in America.

It is interesting to see those on the left suddenly throw out exact wording declarations from the Constitution while holding that somewhere in the 14th Ammendment lies the Constitutional right to abortions, etc..

Ahh, I see you seek to obfuscate the subject at hand by introducing another subject to cloud the discussion. Start another thread, we can discuss that subject there, this thread is about the criminal acts of the current president, of which there are many.