Shut Down the Press and the Protesters

Freedom of speech has been under attack in this country for decades. The attacks are growing more earnest.

From Virginia to Washington state, legislators have introduced bills that would increase punishments for blocking highways, ban the use of masks during protests, indemnify drivers who strike protesters with their cars and, in at least once case, seize the assets of people involved in protests that later turn violent. The proposals come after a string of mass protest movements in the past few years, covering everything from police shootings of unarmed black men to the Dakota Access Pipeline to the inauguration of Trump.

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Need I say, and after T-Rump is installed in the White House and the myriad anti-Trump protests taking place.

None of the proposed legislation has yet been passed into law, and several bills have already been shelved in committee.

Critics doubt whether many of the laws would pass Constitutional muster.

I should hope not. But T-Rump hasn't put a ninth justice on the bench yet.

A list of the states' various proposals is included in the article. Continue reading.



...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.