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The rights protected in the first amendment don't apply to a department of the executive branch drafting language for the legislative branch.
by vcxy 6y ago
The rights protected in the first amendment don't apply to a department of the executive branch drafting language for the legislative branch.
- beervirus 6y agoThe comment was about “these people,” not the DOJ qua DOJ.
- vcxy 6y agoI guess I don't get it. I thought (and it still seems) that "these people" refers to the DOJ. To be clear, I don't agree with the person you replied to, so we probably agree in the end, I just didn't agree with your comment as I read it either. But I guess I'm not parsing something correctly here...
- gwright 6y agoWhat are you getting at here? That the Constitution doesn't prevent Congress from passing a law that prohibits the DOJ from participating in the formulation of public policy? This just seems like a nonsensical rabbit hole to explore to me.
- vcxy 6y agoIt seemed to me that the claim was: You can't support the first amendment and be against DOJ participating in legislation. My point was that you in fact can hold that position. The first amendment doesn't extend so far as to make this position illogical. To be clear, I'm not claiming I hold that position. In fact, I fully agree with your comment in reply to the top level comment we're under.