„You could say that the paparazzi and the tabloids are sort of the "assault weapons" of the First Amendment.“
Charlton Heston7
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„Liberals love the first amendment until you say something they don't agree with.“
— Donald Trump Jr. American businessman and son of U.S. President Donald Trump 1977
Donald Trump Jr. on Twitter https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/708474355211227136 (March 11, 2016)
„We’re introducing an updated Assault Weapons Ban for one reason: so that after every mass shooting with a military-style assault weapon, the American people will know that a tool to reduce these massacres is sitting in the Senate, ready for debate and a vote. This bill won’t stop every mass shooting, but it will begin removing these weapons of war from our streets. The first Assault Weapons Ban was just starting to show an effect when the NRA stymied its reauthorization in 2004. Yes, it will be a long process to reduce the massive supply of these assault weapons in our country, but we’ve got to start somewhere. To those who say now isn’t the time, they’re right—we should have extended the original ban 13 years ago, before hundreds more Americans were murdered with these weapons of war. To my colleagues in Congress, I say do your job.“
— Dianne Feinstein American politician 1933
[Senators Introduce Assault Weapons Ban, November 8, 2017, w:Diane Feinstein, Diane, Feinstein, https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2017/11/senators-introduce-assault-weapons-ban]
„I generally oppose gun control, but I support the ban on assault weapons.“
— Donald J. Trump 45th President of the United States of America 1946
[The America We Deserve, w:Donald Trump, Donald, Trump, Dave, Shiflett, 2000, Renaissance Books, 1580631312]; [Trump's Evolving Positions on Gun Issues, Linda, Qiu, Kitty, Bennett, March 12, 2018, The New York Times, September 6, 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/12/us/politics/trump-evolving-positions-gun-issues.html]
„:That's in the First Amendment?“
— Christine O'Donnell American Tea Party politician and former Republican Party candidate 1969
Widener Law School 2010 Delaware US Senate race debate
CBS Youtube Channel, Official CBS Video, clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meGy9J_kIJI (accessed 2010-10-20)
Liz
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Christine O'Donnell hasn't read the First Amendment (video)
2010-10-19
Howard Stern Examiner
http://www.examiner.com/howard-stern-in-national/christine-o-donnell-hasn-t-read-the-first-amendment-video
2010-10-20
Coons paraphrases the First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion"
„I say let's do it. Let's repress them. … Frankly, I'm not a big fan of the First Amendment.“
— Ann Coulter author, political commentator 1961
Context: The Democrats complain about the Republican base being nuts … The nuts are their entire party … They're always accusing us of repressing their speech. I say let's do it. Let's repress them. … Frankly, I'm not a big fan of the First Amendment.
Comments at the University of Florida (21 October 2005), as quoted in "Coulter courts Gainesville" by Jessica Riffel, in The Alligator (21 October 2005) http://www.alligator.org/pt2/051021coulter.php.
„An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment.“
— Hugo Black U.S. Supreme Court justice 1886 - 1971
Concurring in New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971).
„Many police officers killed in the line of duty are killed by assault weapons, including 1 in 5 officers killed in 2014.“
— Dianne Feinstein American politician 1933
[Senators Introduce Assault Weapons Ban, November 8, 2017, w:Diane Feinstein, Diane, Feinstein, https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2017/11/senators-introduce-assault-weapons-ban]; [Guns and Groundhog Day, The New York Times, November 13, 2017, September 6, 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/12/opinion/guns-congress-shootings.html]
„Assault weapons were designed for and should be used on our battlefields, not on our streets. There is no inalienable right to own and operate 100-round clips on AR-15 assault rifles.“
— Chuck Schumer U.S. Senator from the State of New York 1950
At the introduction of the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 ([Feinstein floats assault weapons ban, Ginger, Gibson, January 24, 2013, September 6, 2018, Politico, https://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/dianne-feinstein-assault-weapons-ban-086684]).
„The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach.“
— Hugo Black U.S. Supreme Court justice 1886 - 1971
Writing for the court, Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1 (1947).
„The First Amendment was designed to allow for disruption of business as usual. It is not a quiet and subdued amendment or right.“
— Naomi Wolf American writer 1962
The First Amendment and the Obligation to Peacefully Disrupt in a Free Society (22 October 2011), Blog Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/naomi-wolf/occupy-wall-street-bloomberg-free-speech-right-to-disruption-_b_1026535.html at huffingtonpost.com
„Net neutrality is the First Amendment issue of our time.“
— Al Franken American comedian and politician 1951
Context: Net neutrality is the First Amendment issue of our time. Today, a blog can load as fast as the Wall Street Journal — and, if the blog is good, it can get more traffic than any media conglomerate. But if bigger companies can pay for faster, priority Internet access, that blogger no longer has a shot. And these big companies know that when they pay for access, they win. They want preferred treatment on the Internet like the preferred treatment they get in the rest of their lives.
"Sen. Franken's Speech to Free Press Group in Minneapolis" (19 August 2010) http://www.franken.senate.gov/?p=news&id=1044
„The First Amendment, I think, is the jewel of our Constitution.“
— Samuel Alito Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 1950
Alito: Threat to Judicial Independence at Historic High http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1159866330219, by Michael Scholl [2006-10-04].
„And that is why our press was protected by the First Amendment“
— John F. Kennedy 35th president of the United States of America 1917 - 1963
Context: Without debate, without criticism, no Administration and no country can succeed — and no republic can survive. That is why the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy. And that is why our press was protected by the First Amendment — the only business in America specifically protected by the Constitution- -not primarily to amuse and entertain, not to emphasize the trivial and the sentimental, not to simply "give the public what it wants" — but to inform, to arouse, to reflect, to state our dangers and our opportunities, to indicate our crises and our choices, to lead, mold, educate and sometimes even anger public opinion.
This means greater coverage and analysis of international news — for it is no longer far away and foreign but close at hand and local. It means greater attention to improved understanding of the news as well as improved transmission. And it means, finally, that government at all levels, must meet its obligation to provide you with the fullest possible information outside the narrowest limits of national security — and we intend to do it.
