Cruz also skewered Democrats earlier Tuesday at the Senate Judiciary Committee.
“Forty-two Democrats have signed their name to a constitutional amendment that would give Congress the power to muzzle Planned Parenthood and the National Right to Life,” he said. “42 Democrats have signed their name to giving Congress the right to muzzle the Sierra Club, to muzzle the the National Rifle Association and the Brady Center on Handgun Violence. To muzzle Michael Moore and Dinesh D’Souza. To muzzle the Teamsters and the National Education Association. To muzzle the NAACP. To muzzle the Anti-Defamation League. To muzzle pastors and priests and rabbis who organize their parishioners to be involved in politics.”
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Here is the amendment (S.J.RES.19.IS). I am not an attorney but I don’t see how this is repealing the 1st Amendment. Does anyone else see the camel’s nose below?
David DeGerolamo
Bill Text
113th Congress (2013-2014)
S.J.RES.19.IS
S.J.RES.19 — Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections. (Introduced in Senate – IS)
SJ 19 IS
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.
Mr. UDALL of New Mexico (for himself, Mr. BENNET, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. TESTER, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. COONS, Mr. KING, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. FRANKEN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, and Mr. UDALL of Colorado) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein),
- That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States:
`Article–
- `Section 1. To advance the fundamental principle of political equality for all, and to protect the integrity of the legislative and electoral processes, Congress shall have power to regulate the raising and spending of money and in-kind equivalents with respect to Federal elections, including through setting limits on–
- `(1) the amount of contributions to candidates for nomination for election to, or for election to, Federal office; and
- `(2) the amount of funds that may be spent by, in support of, or in opposition to such candidates.
- `Section 2. To advance the fundamental principle of political equality for all, and to protect the integrity of the legislative and electoral processes, each State shall have power to regulate the raising and spending of money and in-kind equivalents with respect to State elections, including through setting limits on–
- `(1) the amount of contributions to candidates for nomination for election to, or for election to, State office; and
- `(2) the amount of funds that may be spent by, in support of, or in opposition to such candidates.
- `Section 3. Nothing in this article shall be construed to grant Congress the power to abridge the freedom of the press.
- `Section 4. Congress and the States shall have power to implement and enforce this article by appropriate legislation.’.
