Rand Paul Fights for Free Speech

Will any other Republicans please stand up?

No other animal uses language nearly as successfully as humans. We are the language animal.

With language comes power. Humans, in many aspects, have dominated the planet for better or for worse. Those who gain power strive to keep it.

The federal government has vast stores of power. They aim to keep it, no matter the cost. But they have a problem: the Constitution.

The First Amendment is straightforward, not an arcane code. Anyone with a sixth-grade reading level should have no problem understanding it.

“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.”

If that’s a bit much for a sixth-grader, how about this: Congress will make no law…