Quote:Only days after clearing Congress, US President Barack Obama signed his name to H.R. 347 on Thursday, officially making it a federal offense to cause a disturbance at certain political events — essentially criminalizing protest in the States.

RT broke the news last month that H.R. 347, the Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011, had overwhelmingly passed the US House of Representatives after only three lawmakers voted against it. On Thursday this week, President Obama inked his name to the legislation and authorized the government to start enforcing a law that has many Americans concerned over how the bill could bury the rights to assemble and protest as guaranteed in the US Constitution.

Under H.R. 347, which has more commonly been labeled the Trespass Bill by Congress, knowingly entering a restricted area that is under the jurisdiction of Secret Service protection can garner an arrest. The law is actually only a slight change to earlier legislation that made it an offense to knowingly and willfully commit such a crime. Under the Trespass Bill’s latest language chance, however, someone could end up in law enforcement custody for entering an area that they don’t realize is Secret Service protected and “engages in disorderly or disruptive conduct” or “impede[s] or disrupt[s] the orderly conduct of Government business or official functions.”

http://rt.com/usa/news/trespass-bill-obama-secret-227/

I'm sure Obama will promise not to utilize this, just like he did with NDAA, so there's probably nothing to worry about.

It's nice to enact laws that protect yourself from uncomfortable situations. We didn't need this for over 200 years, why do we need it now?

First Amendment, Shmirst Amendment.

Predictable, logical, natural, and inevitable by-product of super-size federal government.

Nothing from the left on this? I hope they weren't arrested whilst out Occutarding.

Good job Mr. President...or should I say Comrade? America is drifting more and more towards what we fought hard against for Centuries.

(03-10-2012 09:07 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  Good job Mr. President...or should I say Comrade? America is drifting more and more towards what we fought hard against for Centuries.

You folks on the right, back when y'all were defending the patRIOT act and criticizing me for attacking it, the reason I opposed it was because it paves the way for this. I hope you are happy with this. I'm not.

(03-10-2012 09:08 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(03-10-2012 09:07 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  Good job Mr. President...or should I say Comrade? America is drifting more and more towards what we fought hard against for Centuries.

You folks on the right, back when y'all were defending the patRIOT act and criticizing me for attacking it, the reason I opposed it was because it paves the way for this. I hope you are happy with this. I'm not.

Yep...Obama is using the tools left on the workbench by Shrub. It is the natural evolution of government. Just once...I would like to see a POTUS come in and REMOVE bad policies instead of adding to them.

Talk about overbroad TRO will be issued Wednesday at the latest.

(03-10-2012 09:08 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(03-10-2012 09:07 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  Good job Mr. President...or should I say Comrade? America is drifting more and more towards what we fought hard against for Centuries.

You folks on the right, back when y'all were defending the patRIOT act and criticizing me for attacking it, the reason I opposed it was because it paves the way for this. I hope you are happy with this. I'm not.

But, but they weren't defending the patriot act. Just like they claim they were criticizing Bush when he was in office.