Freedom of Speech and the Gummit

One point of clarification on why it is unacceptable for the Joint Chiefs of Staff to write intimidating letters to the press: The people of this country have a freedom of speech based on the First Amendment to our Constitution; however, the government does not have this freedom. Think about that for a second.

This is why the righties (especially the fundamentalists) are so frustrated right now. They can't stand the judiciary because it keeps the rest of the gummit right by the law. They also can't stand the ACLU for the same reason: the ACLU fights government when its speech or actions overstep the boundaries that are set by the Constitution. To illustrate: The ACLU will never go after an individual for preaching Christianity; but they will go after the government if it tries to preach Christianity. People have more rights than the government, and isn't that how we all want it?

The fundies feel like they are entitled to more than our system of checks and balances allows. Luckily, our system has been designed to be robust enough to survive the attacks currently being launched against it in the form of radical lawmakers and partisan judicial nominees. Let's just hope the nation wakes up to what's really happening before the death of a thousand cuts.