From this morning’s Tribune article:

“If the First Amendment rights are to be protected, why would they want a statute that takes away First Amendment rights?” Hatch asked. “There’s only one answer to that. To cover their behinds, so they can say, ‘Well, I’m for a statute.’ Well, that’s just the usual dodge that people give when they don’t want to stand up and vote for something.”

Honestly, here is Sen. Hatch once again admitting that he has no care for the Constitution. I know know he doesn’t care very much about the rights of Americans, but this isn’t just the normal Republican blah blah, happy talk, this is especially about the 1st amendment, but, what I’d like to kno0w is: how did this statement pass through the media filter without any comment? It’s THE FIRST AMENDMENT. Their amendment.

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.

I miss Murrow.