Every member of Congress has sworn to uphold the Constitution, including the right to the #FreePress. I’m introducing a bill to uphold our oath and make clear that we support liberty and free speech. WATCH LIVE: https://www.facebook.com/SenBrianSchatz/
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Or President Reagan, who said that “freedom of the press is one of our most important freedoms, and also one of our oldest.
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Or Justice Anthony Kennedy, who wrote that “the First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is beside the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech.”
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These words of past leaders should inspire this body to act—to send a message that we support the First Amendment, and we support the freedom of the press.
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@SenSchumer & I have introduced a resolution that does just this. It affirms that the press is not the enemy of the people. And it reaffirms the vital role the free press serves to inform the electorate, uncover truth, act as a check & advance democratic norms & freedoms.Show this thread -
This resolution also “condemns attacks on the institution of the free press and views efforts to systematically undermine the credibility of the press as a whole as an attack on our democratic institution.”
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FINALLY! Freedom of the press. Vivre the press!
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Did he ever work for a cable news network dedicated to taking down the US President 24 hours a day negative coverage? While the middle class was flourishing with good jobs and a strong economy? Be nice to the middle class! You forgot us again?
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