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Adam Schiff renews the Democratic war against the First Amendment

By Washington Examiner
Published May 10, 2019 4:05am ET
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Adam Schiff renews the Democratic war against the First Amendment
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, of California, arrives to hear Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, testify before a closed-door session of the House Intelligence Committee, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, March 6, 2019, in Washington. | (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

In September 2014, 54 Democratic senators voted to repeal the First Amendment of the Constitution.

They were supporting a proposed constitutional amendment by Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., whose stated goal was to overturn the Supreme Court’s landmark Citizens United decision, which struck down a host of dubious campaign finance rules.

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