| In reality, of course, the judiciary exists to protect the First Amendment. Santorum's apparent belief that Second Amendment remedies should fulfill this purpose suggests a vigilante approach that is difficult to square with the rule of law. If each citizen can both decide for themselves what the First Amendment means and then use their personal arsenal to enforce it, the inevitable result is chaos.
Moreover, it is unclear just what kind of "First Amendment" violations Santorum believes justify armed resistance to the United States government. This is not the first time, however, Santorum used violent rhetoric in the context of the First Amendment. Santorum is a leading proponent of the false claim that the Obama Administration's pro-contraception policy violates the First Amendment's protection of religion... |
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