"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" -- the First Amendment to
the Constitution of the United States of America
"It's time for all decent Americans to proudly demand censorship
of the public television airwaves. Yes, I said 'censorship.' Demand
it. Insist that Congress pass laws providing for it. Fight to
sustain those laws in every court in the land. Censor the
television networks, and censor them hard. And yes, this means
going so far as to test Supreme Court precedent on 'prior
restraint'" -- Quin Hillyer in today's
column
Look, I understand the argument that political and other forms
of expression are different and were treated differently by the
Constitution. (It's overdone. Plays, for instance, were considered
far more than mere entertainments because they often contained
political expression.) But in a time where conservatives are
fighting even to maintain that right of political expression, it
does not help to issue fresh calls for censorship for those other
forms of expression.
topics:
Television, Religion, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court
