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Originally Posted by tater
What part of "Congress shall make no law" do the idiots in Washington have trouble understanding?
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And yet it's against the law to threaten the life of any public official.
On the other hand the much-maligned-by-the-Right Justice Hugo Black used to use that exact same "What part of..." phrase when challenged on Separation.
After watching the YouTube clip (and several others), I stumbled upon some clips from the wonderful John Adams miniseries. One of them was of President Adams and Vice-President Jefferson discussing the Sedition Act of 1798, which actually made it illegal to write anything negative about the President.