We’ve seen it time and time again. The US Government, despite it’s pledge to protect freedoms set forth in the Bill of Rights, The Constitution, and The National Anthem, asserts it’s dominance in ways that make even the most stodgy Republican cringe. Take for example – Prohibition, Bail Outs, and countless other cases of, in our opinion, gross abuse of Executive power. SOPA and PIPA follow the same precedent and stand to create modern day prohibition.
“Censorship reflects a society’s lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime . . . .” — Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, dissenting Ginzberg v. United States, 383 U.S. 463 (1966) ~ Read More at American Library Association
While we see the need to protect artists from copyright infringements, SOPA and PIPA overstep those boundaries and incorporate vague wording that could, at any time without due process, infringe on our right to freedom of speech and freedom of expression. These may be the two most abused rights, but as we’ve seen, exceptions can and are being made when it counts. Take cyber-bullying for example. The bullies may have a right to free speech, but that right is overruled by an obvious violation of the victim’s civil rights.
“First Amendment freedoms are most in danger when the government seeks to control thought or to justify its laws for that impermissible end. The right to think is the beginning of freedom, and speech must be protected from the government because speech is the beginning of thought.”—Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Ashcroft V. Free Speech Coalition ~ Read More at American Library Association
Stop the madness. End SOPA. End PIPA. Focus on higher priority issues such as The Health Care crisis, impending Student Loan crisis, and the soaring deficit. We the people will not stand down.
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“Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom.” ~ Benjamin Cardozo
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