claim: "the democrats in the senate last year introduced a constitutional amendment to repeal the free speech protections of the first amendment."
author: ted cruz
evidence_1: so what exactly are all the senate democrats for and republicans against? ...  report accompanying the new proposed constitutional amendment is clear on the  ... no more first amendment protections for any political speech that congress or  ... to grant congress or the states the power to abridge the freedom of the press.
evidence_2: sep 11, 2014 ... if passed, the amendment would create a world where pornography, videos ...  jackets, and phelps family funeral protests all receive more protection from ... the  first ten amendments to the united states constitution česky: ... many democrats  have fully jettisoned their historic support for free speech in the ...
evidence_3: jun 1, 2014 ... senate democrats have promised a vote this year on a ... to expressly repeal the  free-speech protections of the first amendment. ... tom udall's proposed  amendment to give congress plenary power to ... if this amendment were  adopted, the following would likely be deemed constitutional: ...... last name
evidence_4: sep 11, 2014 ... a democratic election year push to amend the constitution and roll back  campaign-spending free speech rights ran out of steam thursday and fell victim  to a senate ... the amendment democratic leaders proposed would have given  ... would overturn the first amendment's protection of free speech as ...
evidence_5: citizens united v. federal election commission, 558 u.s. 310 (2010), is a  landmark u.s. .... fec (2003) had found the disclosure requirements  constitutional as to all ... former bush solicitor general ted olson and first  amendment lawyer floyd abrams ... and unions violated the first amendment's  protection of free speech.