Public Law No: 112-098



I am not exactly sure how to tackle this one for you, folks. Once again, this congress, and this progressive president, has decided to violate the Constitution of the United States. We are talking about H.R. 347 (which is now Public Law Number 112-098). The summery is as follows:

Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to revise the prohibition against entering restricted federal buildings or grounds to impose criminal penalties on anyone who knowingly enters any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority. Defines "restricted buildings or grounds" as a posted, cordoned off, or otherwise restricted area of: (1) the White House or its grounds or the Vice President's official residence or its grounds, (2) a building or grounds where the President or other person protected by the Secret Service is or will be temporarily visiting, or (3) a building or grounds so restricted due to a special event of national significance.[1]

This has been called an Anti-Occupy Law. The law, as unconstitutional as it is, was introduced on January 19, 2011. On the surface, it does look like a law written in response to Wisconsin protest of Governor Walker’s union busting legislation. 

For details and debate there are a few links here that I will let you look into for yourself.

Amendment One to the Constitution of the United States reads as follows:

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.[2]

While the legal experts can argue about language, as that is the bread and butter of lawyers, our Constitution states that Congress shall make no law respecting… the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Public Law No: 112-098 does exactly that. It is a law signed by President Obama limiting “the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

You cannot protest on Federal Property for “a redress of grievances.” It is pretty much just that simple. It is a violation of your rights. It is an illegal law. This is not an issue that Congress has the right to legislate. Yet, they did it. No one stopped it. Our Progressive President Obama signed it into law.  
  


Side Note: This is my 100th Post to Blogger. Took long enough to get here.


[1] Library of Congress. (2012, March 8). Bill Summary & Status 112th Congress (2011 - 2012) H.R.347 All Information. In Thomas. Retrieved March 13, 2012, from http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HR00347:@@@L&summ2=m&
[2] First Amendment to the United States Constitution. (2012, March 9). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 12:00, March 13, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution&oldid=481046046

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