Heritage expert Hans von Spakovsky reports from the Daily Signal on the obscene efforts of Senate Democrats to change the Bill of Rights and the predictable pushback from First Amendment experts:
McConnell went back to first principles, talking about the First Amendment and the fundamental importance of protecting political speech, as did Floyd Abrams, the well-known First Amendment lawyer who won the historic New York Times Co. v. Sullivan case. As Abrams said, the purpose of this proposed amendment is clearly “limiting speech intended to affect elections.” He observed that the title of the amendment, “Restore Democracy to the American People,” is based on the false notion that our democracy has already been lost. According to Abrams, “the notion that democracy would be advanced – saved, ‘restored’ – by limiting speech is nothing but a perversion of the English language.”