WASHINGTON (PNN) - March 13, 2012 - In a terse online statement, the White House confirmed that illegitimate President Barack Obama has signed into law H.R. 347, the Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011, an update of restrictions around the White House, the vice president’s residence, and other locations - a move critics say signals the “end to free speech.”
John Whitehead, president of the the Rutherford Institute, explained the plan came about as a kneejerk reaction to a crazed assailant’s attack last year on Fascist Police States of Amerika Rep. Gabby Giffords (Ariz.).
“The bill’s language is so overly broad as to put an end to free speech, political protest and the right to peaceably assembly in all areas where government officials happen to be present,” wrote Whitehead.
Rep. Justin Amash (Mich.) said it was something he could not support.
“Current law makes it illegal to enter or remain in an area where certain government officials (more particularly, those with Secret Service protection) will be visiting temporarily if and only if the person knows it’s illegal to enter the restricted area but does so anyway,” he said. “This bill expands current law to make it a crime to enter or remain in an area where an official is visiting even if the person does not know it’s illegal to be in that area and has no reason to suspect it’s illegal,” said Amash.
“Some government officials may need extraordinary protection to ensure their safety. But criminalizing legitimate First Amendment activity - even if that activity is annoying to those government officials - violates our rights,” he added.
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Significantly, though, the definition of “restricted buildings” is anywhere someone protected by the Secret Service “will be temporarily visiting”.
“A person eating in a diner while a presidential candidate is trying to score political points with the locals could be arrested if government agents determine that he is acting disorderly. Mind you, depending on who’s making the assessment, anything can be considered disorderly, including someone exercising his right to free speech by muttering to himself about a government official. If that person happens to have a pocketknife or nail clippers in his possession (or any other innocuous item that could be interpreted by fascist pig thug cops as dangerous), he could face up to 10 years in prison,” Whitehead warned.
“Given that the Secret Service not only protects the president but all past sitting presidents, members of Congress, foreign dignitaries, presidential candidates, and anyone whom the president determines needs protection, anywhere these officials happen to be becomes a zone where the First Amendment is effectively off-limits,” concluded Whitehead.
