#IRS scandal: Democrats make clear where they stand on the 1st Amendment

**Posted by Phineas

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced a resolution condemning the Internal Revenue Service for trampling the Constitutional rights of Americans. (For example) It didn’tΒ get very far:

Today, Senate Democrats placed a hold on Sen. Rand Paul’s recentΒ resolutionΒ that condemns the targeting of Tea Party groups by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and calls for an investigation into this practice.

“This resolution is not about Republican vs. Democrat or conservative vs. liberal. It is about arrogant and unrestrained government vs. the rule of law. The First Amendment cannot and should not be renegotiated depending on which party holds power,” Sen. Paul said.Β “Each senator took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution, yet Senate Democrats chose to block my resolution and thus refused to condemn the IRS for trampling on our First Amendment rights. I am incredibly disappointed in Washington’s party politics and I am determined to hold the IRS accountable for these unjust acts.”

I’m not sure why anyone would find this surprising: as the party ofΒ arrogant, unrestrained government, the leaders of which thinkΒ the Constitution is obsolete, well,Β of course they would shoot this resolution down.

It threatens their very reason for existence, after all.

viaΒ Stephen Green.

(Crossposted at Public Secrets)

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