{"id":3374,"date":"2006-10-16T02:07:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-16T02:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=3374"},"modified":"2017-12-14T09:34:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T15:34:34","slug":"amendment-viv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/16\/amendment-viv\/","title":{"rendered":"Amendment .viv"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s how Amendment I of the United States Constitution used to read:<\/p>\n

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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, that was before the government began taking its normal vigorish off of the top. Latest evidence<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Police officers arrested Earl Hogan, the president of the Venice-Tri City Lions Club, on Saturday as Hogan tried to lead a small procession of cars into the city for a parade.<\/p>\n

The Board of Aldermen had denied Hogan and the Lions Club a parade permit earlier this month, but Hogan said lack of a permit wouldn’t stop the parade. Lions clubs are holding numerous events this weekend to raise money for charitable causes.<\/p>\n

Officers who handcuffed Hogan and took him to the station called the arrest “unfortunate” but said they had no choice.<\/p>\n

“We have to do our job,” said Police Chief Shawn Tyler after the arrest.<\/p>\n

Hogan was cited for unlawful assembly<\/b> and released after about 30 minutes. His fine could range from $100 to $1,000, Tyler said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After the addition of the crime of unlawful assembly and Mark of McCain-Feingold, how’s that amendment looking now?<\/p>\n

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of the press; or the right of the people peaceably petition the Government for a redress of grievances.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Much more economical. The fewer rights, the more the citizens can enjoy them, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s how Amendment I of the United States Constitution used to read: 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3334,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3334"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18508,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3374\/revisions\/18508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}