Senate not so sure about 1st and 2nd amendments

The following is shared from a post by Young Americans for Liberty’s Facebook page:

We noticed something interesting on the Senate’s official website about the Constitution: It tells a lot of lies.

According to our Senate, freedom of speech and the press “can be limited for…certain forms of state censorship” and whether or not the Second Amendment protects the right of the individual to bear arms is a matter for debate.

See the original here — the “explanation” of the 9th Amendment is also a doozy (see if you can catch the part they added): http://www.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm#amdt_1_(1791)

NOTE: District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), was a landmark case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held in a 5-4 decision that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects an individual’s right to possess a firearm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home and within federal enclaves.  McDonald v. Chicago (2010)  was the first Supreme Court case in United States history to clarify and affirm that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms for self-defense and applies to the individual states.

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  1. Mike Anderson October 26, 2013

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