M Flynn suggest military in swing states....

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

The quote "The Constitution isn't a suicide pact," has typically referenced cases where presidents ignored the law and forged ahead with something that was not constitutionally supported, such as Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana territory and Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus.

I hate it when people bring up Lincoln suspending Habeas Corpus in the case of Trump.

Lincoln's suspension was not because he got election results he didn't like. Suspending Habeas Corpus was constitutionally basically a last resort in the case of war in terms of sedition or foreign bodies attacking us.

Trump would suspend Habeas Corpus, not because of sedition or a foreign country attacked us, but because he lost.

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So much for your First Amendment, then.

Boru

It isn't a matter of silencing free speech. Nobody is advocating that. 

Incitement is not protected speech, and it should not be coddled when coming from seats of political power.

If free speech were always absolute then those fighting to keep slavery were right. If free speech were always absolute then it would be legal to sell alcohol to those under 18.

You also cannot shout "FIRE" in a theatre. It is worse when Politicians do that. 

Trump and his sycophants are not protecting free speech, they are inciting for no good reason other than the fact he lost.

Of COURSE it’s about silencing free speech. What Flynn did - and all he did - was to mention the powers afforded to the President since 1807. You immediately labeled that ‘sick seditious shit’.

‘...if there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other, it is the principle of free thought—not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate.’ - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Boru