U.S. Constitution:"Amendment I 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." Emphasis added.
Despite the clear instruction, the US Congress is likely to violate the law of the land, the Constitution! Refer to story below.
"US House expands anti-Semitism definition amid mass Gaza protests"
"The lower house of the U.S. Congress passed Wednesday a controversial bill to expand the legal definition of anti-Semitism as pro-Palestinian protests sweep college campuses across the country.
The cross-party Anti-Semitism Awareness Act requires the Department of Education to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism when tackling discrimination.
The IHRA states that "denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination" by, for example, "claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor" is a form of anti-Semitism.
Critics of the U.S. House bill – including the American Civil Liberties Union – describe it as government overreach that will chill free speech while supporters say it will help combat hate on college campuses.
The measure will need to be taken up by the Senate before it can become law.
Protests against the Gaza war, with its high Palestinian civilian death toll, have posed a challenge to university administrators trying to balance free speech rights with complaints that the rallies have veered into anti-Semitism.
The unrest has swept through higher education institutions like wildfire, with protesters installing tent encampments on campus grounds from coast to coast after around 100 protesters were first arrested at Columbia University in New York on April 18."I'm thankful for the bipartisan support of the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act and for the support from a wide range of Jewish organizations that are standing up, endorsing this legislation, and saying enough is enough," New York Republican Mike Lawler said in a statement.
But the ACLU said in a letter to lawmakers that the new bill would
"likely chill free speech of students on college campuses by incorrectly
equating criticism of the Israeli government with anti-Semitism." Emphasis added.
New York Democrat Jerry Nadler echoed the concerns, telling
colleagues on the House floor: "Speech that is critical of Israel alone
does not constitute unlawful discrimination. The bill sweeps too
broadly."" Emphasis added.
It appears more and more, that the U.S. Constitution's Amendment I is offered at the Israeli Altar as a sacrifice to wash away the guilt over the Gaza Genocide assistance.
The Third Reich removed gradually civil rights bit by bit till there were none. Is the US on the same slippery road?
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Oops, there's a mistake here. "The Jewish people" is a misnomer. Judaism is a religion, not a nationality. That should read "the Palestinian people".
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John, you are perfectly correct; unfortunately I have no way to let the author of the bill know. :-(
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