Amendment I
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.
In the first section of this article I spoke about freedom of religion and Freedom of Press, in this section I will take the finale two unalienable rights and discuss them in conjunction with the current administration. Now I am aware other abuses have taken place and should be discussed at length in the historic to future sense but this blog is about the attack on American freedoms that are currently taking place.
In May 2013, it was learned that from April 2010 to April 2012, the Internal Revenue Service had placed on hold the processing of applications for tax-exempt status that it had received from hundreds of organizations with such presumably conservative indicators as “Tea Party,” “Patriots,” or “9/12” in their names. During that period, the IRS approved only four applications from conservative groups while green-lighting applications from several dozen organizations whose names included the likely left-leaning terms “Progressive,” “Progress,” “Liberal,” or “Equality.” (DTN, 2014).
The above statement written in the Right Side News is correct and honest and under normal circumstance I would probably believe this to be a small attack on the Presidents enemies, which would result in my belief that he was a dangerous man. Unfortunately for me and you as an American citizen this is not normal circumstances. It might seem odd that I would bring up the IRS scandal in response to the first amendments freedom to assemble. Yet I want you to think about the end result of the IRS scandal if it had been successfully covered up. This would have probably ended almost all groups who assemble with any argument or grievance with the current administration. The IRS scandal is many things but in this case it is undoubtedly a deliberate attempt to dismantle the 1st amendment freedom to assemble. The current administration has taken a stand that our civil liberties only are allowed if you are in agreement with the governing body. If we assemble and use rhetoric that is not liked by the administration the IRS will audit you, deny your rights under the law for tax exemptions and possibly send other agencies to check out your life to make sure you are standing in line. There are other indications of this stance one happened during the government shutdown when a group of World War II veterans were denied access to their war memorial. The reason given was that the memorials were closed. OK so how do you explain closing memorials closing that are open to the public 24/7 with no government employee needed other than to pick up trash and cut lawns, and this by the way was done at this time by citizens, you can’t. The veteran’s right to assemble was curtailed to suit the President’s agenda show those that he sees as enemies his abilities. Good job Mr. President you managed to hurt the men and women who served this country but you did get a republican senator out of his office to lift the barriers, I guess a win in your eyes. The administration’s actions are in the least petty but more then that an affront to the constitution.
The last part of the First amendment brings up the right to address grievances toward the government through petition. All that you need to be said here is Guantanamo Bay. Mr. President didn’t you campaign on the idea of ending the detention center at “Gitmo”? As of April 2013 there were 166. At the beginning of Obama’s Administration there were 242. Four detainees have died in custody since 2009 and none of them have been tried or been allowed to be tried for their crimes (All Figures come from Humanrightsfirst.Org). Not only were those men held without the provision of a far trial but they were not allowed to even ask why they had been detained, for that matter they were never granted the rights demanded under natural law that all men and women have given to them by God or in their case Alah.
So as it stands today President Obama has violated every item, freedom and right given to us as human beings by God that is listed in the first amendment. For all the democrats that stand by President Obama in his decisions, as our country suffers economically and morally, how will you defend him when the police come to your door and deny your rights. Remember even if it is the next President who may be a republican Obama set the standard and the rules and you allowed him to take a piece of your humanity for your safety. What will you do when they come and take the rest?
No administration or government has the right to deny anyone their civil liberties unless of course the people decide that living as a slave is better then fighting with the free.
DTN, . (2014). Right Side News. Retrieved from http://www.rightsidenews.com/2014021833878/us/homeland-security/the-irs-scandal-mushrooms-to-monstrous-proportions.html