Obama makes protesting the president a felony

[Starbuck]

President Obama Signs “Anti-Protest” Bill H.R. 347
Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/206017/pres...RjKLXIseHaz.99

President Obama signed bill H.R. 347 (also known as the Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011) into law on March 9th, amid numerous protests from the Occupy movement, as well as other agencies. HR 347 is a modification from Senate bill S. 1794, which restricted people from entering or blocking public areas that have been closed off by Secret Service while a person under their protection is passing through. The law also included major public events, such as the Inaguration and Presidential campaigns.

The new law, which passed the House with a vote of 399-3, extends the original law by adding more protected areas within Washington D.C, and removing the word “willfully,” from the paragraph stating that protesters can be prosecuted if they enter the area “willfully and knowingly.”

Representative Justin Amash, R-Michigan, explains this change by saying:

“ The bill expands current law to make it a crime to enter or remain in an area where an official is visiting even if the person does not know it’s illegal to be in that area and has no reason to suspect its illegal.”

Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/206017/pres...RjKLXIseHaz.99

I heard Judge Napolitano explain this bill:
He says that anyone who is being guarded by Secret service is covered by this bill and may not be protested. Furthermore he says that the president can order Secret Service protection whenever he wants. So if David Axlerod, for instance, is giving a speech and is guarded you may not post a sign protesting him.

Note that it also covers Presidential campaigns. You may not protest the president when he is campaigning.

Bill was signed March 15, 2012.

[Rockntractor]

Now we can start filling our prisons with political prisoners.

[Hawkgirl]

Now we can start filling our prisons with political prisoners.

....with libtards. It's a double edged sword.

[Rockntractor]

....with libtards. It's a double edged sword.

Speech should remain free, we already have laws on the books against criminal trespass, vandalism and many other activities that OWS engaged in.
This is wrong and will be another one for the courts to strike down.

[Apache]

this flies full in the face of the 1^st amendment... our politicians NEED their butts booted from office... all of them!

[Janice]

Just in time for Mao Tse Teleprompters fall campaign.

[Elspeth]

this flies full in the face of the 1^st amendment... our politicians NEED their butts booted from office... all of them!

Yes it does. Add it to the strip searches and we're done as a nation of free people.

[Retread]

....with libtards. It's a double edged sword.

According to the law it's up to the service to decide if protesting is to be punishable in each case. So you know all of the anti-Romney and the seiu demos in support of the little o will be allowed.

[Hawkgirl]

Speech should remain free, we already have laws on the books against criminal trespass, vandalism and many other activities that OWS engaged in.
This is wrong and will be another one for the courts to strike down.

You don't have to convince me of that. Obama is trying to run this country into communism....

[Rockntractor]

You don't have to convince me of that. Obama is trying to run this country into communism....

I just wanted to make it clear to some of our more liberal posters that the tactics of OWS don't always fall under free speech.