,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ggdb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bc1 #bjbj ,mr4
 ,davidson of ,ohio 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,budd7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to require the ,attorney ,general to   
report on potential violations of ,bill 
of ,rights during the ,,covid-#ai       
pandemic1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,defending ,freedom ,act of #bjbj4  
#b4 ,findings ,the ,congress finds as   
follows3  7#a7 ,the ,united ,states of  
,america was founded to secure          
individual liberties and its powers are 
derived from the consent of the         
governed4  7#b7 ,in the reaction to the 
,,covid-#ai outbreak1 many government   
officials have used the state of        
emergency to unjustly1 and often        
undemocratically1 limit the liberty of  
their citizens4  7#c7 ,article ,,iv     
section #d of the ,united ,states       

,constitution guarantees the ,american  
people a republican form of government  
and the prolonged use of executive      
decrees without legislative             
authorization will constitute a breach  
of that guarantee4  7#d7 ,the due       
process clause of the ,fourteenth       
,amendment prohibits any ,state from    
violating the ,bill of ,rights4  7#e7   
,the ,first ,amendment establishes      
protections for the free exercise of    
religion1 the right to assemble1 and    
freedom of speech4  7#f7 ,numerous local
 governments around the country have    
restricted the free exercise of religion
 by mandating closures of church        
buildings and drive-in church services4 
7#g7 ,certain government officials have 
restricted the right of individuals to  
assemble in public places and government
 buildings4  7#h7 ,on ,april #f1 in the 
,commonwealth of ,puerto ,rico1         
,governor ,wanda ,vzquez signed an      
,executive order making it illegal for  
media outlets or social media accounts  

to transmit or allow the transmission of
 false information relating to          
government proclamations or ,executive  
orders concerning ,,covid-#ai or other  
disasters4  7#i7 ,the ,second ,amendment
 establishes that the right of the      
people to keep and bear arms1 shall not 
be infringed4  7#aj7 ,states demanded   
the closure of federally licensed       
firearms dealers1 stripping citizens of 
,second ,amendment rights without due   
process4  7#aa7 ,local governments are  
considering accessing ,bluetooth and    
,,gps cellular device data1 which       
compromises the ,american right to      
privacy and the sanctity of our homes4  
,this is possible because all bank      
accounts1 new vehicles1 and ,,fcc       
regulated devices have embedded         
government surveillance4 ,the government
 is ever-present1 in violation of the   
,third ,amendment4  7#ab7 ,the ,fourth  
,amendment guarantees the right of the  
people to be secure in their persons1   
houses1 papers1 and effects1 against    

unreasonable searches and seizures4     
7#ac7 ,numerous ,state governors have   
issued orders to stop and search        
vehicles based on an ,american's ,state 
of residence1 rather than the probable  
cause standard required by the ,fourth  
,amendment4  7#ad7 ,private-sector      
telecommunications companies have the   
capability to track the location of     
,american citizens and share that       
information with government officials   
without a warrant issued upon probable  
cause of a crime4  7#ae7 ,the ,fifth    
,amendment ensures that ,americans will 
not be deprived of life1 liberty1 or    
property1 without due process of law4   
7#af7 ,forty-two states have issued     
stay-at-home orders or lockdowns which  
have deprived ,americans of their       
economic liberty without due process4   
7#ag7 ,forcibly shutting down businesses
 denies business owners the economically
 viable use of their property and       
therefore constitutes a taking under the
 ,fifth and ,fourteenth ,amendments4    

7#ah7 ,the ,sixth amendment protects our
 right to a speedy and public trial4    
7#ai7 ,on ,march #ba1 #bjbj1 it was     
reported that the ,department of        
,justice requested the ability to pause 
court proceedings 8whenever the district
 court is fully or partially closed by  
virtue of any natural disaster1 civil   
disobedience1 or other emergency        
situation401 thereby preventing speedy  
trials4  #c4 ,attorney ,general report  
,the ,attorney ,general shall review the
 actions of ,federal1 ,state1 and local 
government officials taken during the   
,,covid-#ai pandemic which may violate  
the ,bill of ,rights4 ,one year after   
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,attorney ,general shall report to      
,congress on the ,department of         
,justice's efforts to document1 remedy1 
and prosecute infringements of the ,bill
 of ,rights4 ,if the ,attorney ,general 
finds a violation of the ,bill of       
,rights and does not prosecute that     
violation1 then he shall include an     

explanation of that decision4 ,the      
,attorney ,general shall refer cases    
outside of his jurisdiction to the      
appropriate prosecutorial body4