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Juan-Carlos Gandhi ([personal profile] juan_gandhi) wrote2007-01-20 06:19 pm

1st amendment

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

Section 220 of S. 1, the lobbying reform bill currently before the
Senate, would require grassroots causes, even bloggers, who communicate to
500 or more members of the public on policy matters, to register and report
quarterly to Congress the same as the big K Street lobbyists. Section 220
would amend existing lobbying reporting law by creating the most expansive
intrusion on First Amendment rights ever...


(thanks to [livejournal.com profile] mkay422

[identity profile] birdwatcher.livejournal.com 2007-01-21 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
Авторы поправки не имели в виду блогов! На что спорим?!

[identity profile] ivan-gandhi.livejournal.com 2007-01-21 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Так что же, нас уже боятся, что ли? Во приехали...

[identity profile] birdwatcher.livejournal.com 2007-01-21 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
Да нет, господа желают вести учет и регулировать. Они этого всегда желают -- не от страха же.

Учет и контроль

[identity profile] trurle.livejournal.com 2007-01-21 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
Как показала практика, цензура была важнейшим условием сохранения Советской Власти.