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Originally posted by Not Me
Umm, what is your point? This is the text of the 1st 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. (emphasis added)
This is what Al was quoted in the story as saying:
You can quibble over whether he was standing up for what he perceived as a first amendment right or not, but I think there is little doubt he was given his choice of words. In most lay-person's minds, freedom of speech is synonymous with 1st Amendment. Al even kicked "right to assemble" language, which further solidifies in my mind that he was thinking of Amendment numero uno.
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I think Atticus was focusing on the whole "Congress shall" language and taking the position that Franken is technically not an arm of congress, nor the US government at all.
That he is a hypocritical dickhead isn't really up for intelligent debate, so I don't think Atticus was challenging that part of your post. I'm only surprised that Al didn't claim the attack was somehow sanctioned by Harvard.
