The Constitution

Even after last weeks's stirring victory for the people with the election of Scott Brown, the fight for freedom goes on. Last night, in his Misstate of the Union speech, President Obama, who hates the Constitution, said that the Supreme Court, in its recent decision, "reversed a century of law to open the floodgates for special interests. . . to spend without limit in our elections." Wrong! The Court merely corrected those previous mistakes which unconstitutionally limited the freedom of speech.

Two days of comments on my usually unbiased television station reflected only forms of the President's improper interpretation, and not one of my three submissions, which are presented here, was used:

"What you and I and Senator Schumer think of the Supreme Court's ruling is irrelevant. The Court's only job is to assess the constitutionality of the laws brought before it, and their decision, with Antonin Scalia, the great constitutional scholar, in the majority, cannot and should not be challenged."

"It was extremely depressing to see the number of viewers who misunderstand the function of the Supreme Court and the meaning of freedom of speech. The Constitution says that no one's right to express his or their opinions can be abridged just because someone doesn't want to hear them, and the Court's decision confirmed that."

"Please stop repeating those who have been spewing the liberal concept that some people don't deserve the constitutional freedom of speech. You and I and even corporations can support political candidates under the First Amendment, and we must defend that right."