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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (38445)11/11/2009 6:00:26 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71588
 
Re: "a law barring them from contacting any elected representative in their first year. Or give them term limits."

UNCONSTITUTIONAL RESTRICTION on Freedom of Speech.



To: Peter Dierks who wrote (38445)11/11/2009 6:36:02 PM
From: TimF  Respond to of 71588
 
"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."

Beyond that it would be moving toward totalitarianism, and it would also likely have little or no measurable positive effect to compensate for the large downsides.


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