Yale campus yields 50 signatures to repeal First Amendment, satirist says

A satirist went to Yale to stage what may be a revealing spoof on campus, posing as an activist and asking passersby to sign a petition to repeal the First Amendment.
Satirist and filmmaker Ami Horowitz, left, asking a passerby on the Yale University campus to sign a petition to repeal the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. (Video image from YouTube.com)
Satirist and filmmaker Ami Horowitz, left, asking a passerby on the Yale University campus to sign a petition to repeal the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. (Video image from YouTube.com)
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A satirist went to Yale University recently to stage what may be a revealing spoof on campus, posing as an activist and asking passersby to sign a petition to repeal the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution – more than 50 did.

Filmmaker Ami Horowitz appears in a video approaching people and asking them if they would sign the petition to repeal the part of the country's founding document that guarantees freedom of expression, the press, assembly and religion.

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