Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said that the First Amendment right to freely associate was the most violated right by the government during coronavirus, granting it the ability to violate “all of our other rights.”
WASHINGTON, District of Columbia — Sen. Mike Lee said that the First Amendment right to freely associate was the most violated right by the government during coronavirus, granting it the ability to violate “all of our other rights.”
“So, you can’t really have free speech, or the access to a petition for the redress of grievances without the ability to assemble and, for most of us, you can’t really have religious freedom protections — they don’t mean much because you can’t practice,” he continued. “All of a sudden, where did they crack down most? On our ability to assemble,” Lee asserted. “This, in turn, led to people no longer being able, or feeling confident being able, to stand up to government, to question government edicts.”Lee referred to multiple instances of government abuse of the right, including the Department of Justice issuing a subpoena against Eagle Forum regarding an Alabama law dealing with the medical gender transitions of children.
“Look at what happened on September 23, where you had FBI agents — FBI agents who weren’t just wearing a suits, they were armed with long arms, ballistic shields, and a battering ram,” Lee said, describing intimidation tactics used by the federal government on pro-life activists. “They forced a man named Mark Houck from his Pennsylvania home, they did so at gunpoint, in front of his wife, and in front of their seven children.
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