• ileftreddit@piefed.social
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    Section 326 of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. § 326, explicitly declared that nothing in the statute

    shall be understood or construed to give the Commission the power of censorship over the [broadcast] communications or signals transmitted by any [broadcast] station, and no regulation or condition shall be promulgated or fixed by the Commission which shall interfere with the right of free speech by means of [over-the-air] broadcast communication.

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        Talking about Constitutional Law in the modern day feels more and more like you’re becoming a Sovereign Citizen. Waving around a piece of paper and screaming “You don’t have the right to do that!” at a room full of men with tasers and guns and handcuffs.

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        Well, there are checks being written behind closed doors and vast changes to financial balances