Madison: Senator Glenn Grothman (RWest Bend) thanked Tea Party groups such as the Concerned Citizens for Iowa County, the Sheboygan Liberty Coalition, the Northwoods Patriot Group, Inc. and others filing lawsuits and forcing the Government Accountability Board (GAB) to withdraw its new rule, GAB 1.28, which was designed to put many administrative restrictions on political communications before an election.

“It’s a sad day when people have to pay lawyer fees to be able to freely communicate about politics before an election but that is what’s become of our republic. It should alarm the public that all six members of the GAB board are former judges and products of our law schools.

I am very familiar with these patriot groups, and I’m afraid they are going to have to play a much more aggressive role in the future to protect our constitutional rights against an ever expanding government. It was particularly disappointing to see mainstream media outlets such as the Oshkosh Northwestern and the Kenosha News applauding the Government Accountability Board’s effort at restricting political information prior to an election.

The average citizen in my district seems much more familiar with original intent of the First Amendment than the judges on the GAB board. For too many years, law schools have been promoting the idea that the Constitution is an outdated document that should be weaseled around rather than the greatest blueprint for government in the history of man,” said Grothman.