Ben Cardin: “Opposition to the government is not criminal behavior. Exercise of…”

On the recordJune 6, 2012

Opposition to the government is not criminal behavior. Exercise of free speech is not criminal behavior.

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Cardin asserts that opposing the government and free speech should not be criminalized.

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Ben Cardin: “Opposition to the government is not criminal behavior. Exercise of free speech is not criminal behavior.”