claim: a bill that could restrict free speech when the president is nearby was signed by president barack obama "in secret."
author: andrew napolitano
evidence_1: mar 19, 2012 ... in post-occupy america, it's often hard to know whether new citizen protest laws signal the end of free speech or a mere tweak of the machine. ... 1752 of title 18 of the united states code, that restricted areas around the president, vice president, or any others under the protection of the secret service.
evidence_2: may 7, 2012 ... q: did president obama secretly sign a law that makes it a crime to protest against him or ask him a question he doesn't like? a: no. he openly announced the signing of a bill overwhelmingly passed by congress that slightly revises a 1971 law against trespassing into areas under secret service protection ...
evidence_3: “hr 347, just signed without fanfare or news coverage by barack obama makes it illegal to protest anywhere the secret service is present. ... this bill was an updating of an existing law, originally enacted in 1971, that restricted access to areas around the president, vice president, or any others under the protection of the ...
evidence_4: "these [free speech] zones routinely succeed in keeping protesters out of presidential sight and outside the view of media covering the event. when bush came to the pittsburgh area on labor day 2002, 65-year-old retired steel worker bill neel was there to greet him with a sign proclaiming, 'the bush family must surely ...
evidence_5: jan 2, 2012 ... but can technology help us overcome truly pernicious legislation like the national defense authorization act recently signed by the president? ... worse, the ndaa authorizes the military to detain even us citizens under the broad new anti-terrorism provisions provided in the bill, once again without trial.