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Justin Amash
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US House candidate, MI-3

I defend #liberty and explain every vote at http://facebook.com/justinamash  • 'Laws must be general, equal, and certain.' —F.A. Hayek

Third District of Michigan
Joined January 2011

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    Justin Amash‏Verified account @justinamash Mar 1
    US House candidate, MI-3

    Constitutional limits matter only to the extent that they require you to vote against an outcome you favor—or for an outcome you oppose. Due process matters only to the extent that it requires you to protect the rights of a person you believe to be guilty.

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      2. VannGutier‏ @VannGutier Mar 1
        Replying to @justinamash

        Are you considering gearing up for the primary in 2020 with one of the boys from Kentucky? America needs you!

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      3. Matthew Hopkins‏ @General_Hopkins Mar 1
        Replying to @VannGutier @justinamash

        America needs @justinamash and his friends to declare for @LPNational Libertarianism will languish until and unless people like Justin Amash dump the 2 party system.

        0 replies 3 retweets 2 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. John Hasley‏ @PonsSublicius Mar 1
        Replying to @justinamash

        Fans of giving more power to BHO or DJT should remember that the constitution set all sorts of limits on what govt could do when the founders knew the president was going to be *George Washington*.

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      3. Jeremy Kirk‏ @jkirkok Mar 1
        Replying to @PonsSublicius @justinamash

        I think their mind was on British tyranny. Most of them admired and sometimes revered George Washington.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Ram of Cascadia‏ @RamOfCascadia Mar 1
        Replying to @jkirkok @PonsSublicius @justinamash

        That's what John is saying - even with someone as respected as George Washington as a leader, they recognized a crucial need for strict limitations of what the government can and cannot do.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      5. Jeremy Kirk‏ @jkirkok Mar 1
        Replying to @RamOfCascadia @PonsSublicius @justinamash

        John's reply could be interpreted in more than one way. My point is that the founders were contemplating all the Injustices done to them by the British Crown and they framed the Constitution accordingly.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Ram of Cascadia‏ @RamOfCascadia Mar 1
        Replying to @jkirkok @PonsSublicius @justinamash

        I think we're all arguing the same point here - the Founders didn't want another abusive government that was not accountable to the people.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      7. Jeremy Kirk‏ @jkirkok Mar 1
        Replying to @RamOfCascadia @PonsSublicius @justinamash

        Ok, just making sure the argument was not that the Founders saw George Washington was a risk. They were future-proofing more than anything. 18th century Britain were not great humanitarians, but that's beside the point. We agree that due process and checks and balances are good.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      8. John Hasley‏ @PonsSublicius Mar 1
        Replying to @jkirkok @RamOfCascadia @justinamash

        Of course he was a risk. I'm a risk, you're a risk. Most of the founders were Christians, who say God created us with free will knowing we'd use it to crucify Him. Anyone with a cursory familiarity with human history knows no one can be trusted.

        2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
      9. Jeremy Kirk‏ @jkirkok Mar 1
        Replying to @PonsSublicius @RamOfCascadia @justinamash

        But see, I never was arguing that GW was not a risk, just that most of the founders did not see him as one. If GW had not chosen to establish the precedent of a two term POTUS, many were willing make him POTUS for life. Every human being is fallible, but some less than others.

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
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      2. Linda‏ @Harleybear517 Mar 1
        Replying to @justinamash

        Your always saying these type statements what are you actually trying to say with this tweet and how much money have you taken from the NRA just curious.

        3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. just alan‏ @anythingbutdem Mar 1
        Replying to @Harleybear517 @justinamash

        His tweet is pretty clear. Example: right to free speech matters only as far as it requires you to protect the right of someone saying something with which you disagree. If you're only going to defend speech with which you agree, then you really don't support free speech.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. just alan‏ @anythingbutdem Mar 1
        Replying to @anythingbutdem @Harleybear517 @justinamash

        And it looks like the NRA has given Amash $1,000 (2010 election cycle). FYI, that's not very much.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Mike Mangan‏ @mangan_mike Mar 1
        Replying to @anythingbutdem @Harleybear517 @justinamash

        Why do you receive so little from the NRA, congressman? Hmm?

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      6. just alan‏ @anythingbutdem Mar 1
        Replying to @mangan_mike @Harleybear517 @justinamash

        Probably b/c he opposed national reciprocity, which would give the federal government a great deal of power to regulate gun rights

        0 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
      7. End of conversation
      1. Workhorse‏ @Workhorse95 Mar 5
        Replying to @justinamash

        Due process doesn't protect the guilty, it protects the innocent from governmental intrusion. All are considered innocent aren't they?

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      2. Travis Hedgpeth‏ @TravisHedgpeth Mar 1
        Replying to @justinamash

        "So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law!" "Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?" "I'd cut down every law in England to do that!" "Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, Roper...

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Travis Hedgpeth‏ @TravisHedgpeth Mar 1
        Replying to @TravisHedgpeth @justinamash

        ...the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws from coast to coast, man's laws, not God's, and if you cut them down, d'you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then?Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake."

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Deb Armstrong‏ @DebArmstrong17 Mar 1
        Replying to @justinamash

        Free speech matters the most for content you personally dislike. 1st Amendment for every American.

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      1. Alan David‏ @comicalwagner Mar 1
        Replying to @justinamash

        I believe what @justinamash is suggesting is laws passed by Congress are not magic. For example you may favor reducing drug use but history shows and the founding fathers knew attempts to regulate morality don't work and produce worse, not improved, outcomes.

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