That's Not in There
People have a right not to be bothered.This is from today's Sun and in reference to the anti-robocall bill we have discussed in the past. And this ties into the "GOP Brand" discussion Greg Kline has in his controversial latest Conservative Refuge podcast. How is the "GOP Brand" of limited government positively portrayed when a major State Senate leader wants to create new rights and provide a new level of government control over something as sacrosanct as political speech? And what is a right not to be bothered? I'd like to not be bothered with new levels of regulation. Does that mean the General Assembly has no right to levy new taxes or pass new laws?
- State Senate Minority Whip Allan Kittleman
Thankfully, I think that common sense is going to prevail. Most legislators (I think) realize that tinkering with the First Amendment does nothing to further or nation along. Even if their opposition to this bill is pragmatic self-interest, it still helps all of us along that some people really believe that the First Amendment means what it says.
Labels: Maryland, Republican
posted by Brian Griffiths at 8:49 PM
1 Comments:
Thanks for the plug.
I contemplated posting on this issue but demurred because I would eventually have to point out that one of the local sponsors of the bill James King extensively used and abused the robo-call process to lie to the voters on the eve of the primary that he was the only candidate endorsed by the Governor and Lt. Governor. Of course, he was not endorsed by either and only Tony McConkey had an endorsement from either of them.
Now he wants to end the practice. I guess he wants to raised the fines for illegal signs on highways as well.
Unfortunately, coming from me it is dismissed as sour grapes.
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