James Madison had it exactly right. Referring to infringements on our freedoms, the Father of the Bill of Rights once wrote that such encroachments were more often “gradual and silent” than “violent and sudden.” That’s exactly what we’re seeing with President Obama’s proposed regulation on so-called 501(c)(4) groups: a stealth attempt to stifle the ability of ordinary Americans to participate in the political process

James Madison had it exactly right. Referring to infringements on our freedoms, the Father of the Bill of

 Rights once wrote that such encroachments were more often “gradual and silent” than “violent and sudden.”

 That’s exactly what we’re seeing with President Obama’s proposed regulation on so-called 501(c)(4)

 groups: a stealth attempt to stifle the ability of ordinary Americans to participate in the political process