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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThey are actually drafting legistration in Indiana to make reporters to have a reports's license!
So much for the freedom of press? I guess Pence didn't appreciate the coverage he got after last Sunday's NFL stunt? Lord, give us the grace and the fight to bring these fools down! A story from USA News.
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They are actually drafting legistration in Indiana to make reporters to have a reports's license! (Original Post)
imanamerican63
Oct 2017
OP
No, he is doing this to protest gun licensing laws. It does not make any sense though as the
cstanleytech
Oct 2017
#8
That is going nowhere. Indiana isn't going to rewrite the Constitution. Idiots!
democratisphere
Oct 2017
#9
coolsandy
(479 posts)1. Don't journalists already have some kind of license or special ID?
highplainsdem
(49,091 posts)2. Article about that legislation and the idiot who drafted it:
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/12/trump-slams-media-indiana-lawmaker-jim-lucas-threatens-license-johas-drafted-bill-license-journalist/757157001/
An Indiana lawmaker has drafted a bill that would require professional journalists to be licensed by state police.
Rep. Jim Lucas had the measure drawn up earlier this year and said he may file it to drive home a point about his signature issue: gun rights.
If youre OK licensing my Second Amendment right, whats wrong with licensing your First Amendment right? he said.
The proposal comes as President Donald Trump continues to feud with national news outlets such as CNN and NBC.
Network news has become so partisan, distorted and fake that licenses must be challenged and, if appropriate, revoked. Not fair to public! he tweeted Wednesday.
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His proposal would require professional journalists to submit an application to the Indiana State Police. Journalists would be fingerprinted as part of the process and would have to pay a $75 fee for a lifetime license. Those with felony or domestic battery convictions would be prohibited from getting a license.
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Rep. Jim Lucas had the measure drawn up earlier this year and said he may file it to drive home a point about his signature issue: gun rights.
If youre OK licensing my Second Amendment right, whats wrong with licensing your First Amendment right? he said.
The proposal comes as President Donald Trump continues to feud with national news outlets such as CNN and NBC.
Network news has become so partisan, distorted and fake that licenses must be challenged and, if appropriate, revoked. Not fair to public! he tweeted Wednesday.
-snip-
His proposal would require professional journalists to submit an application to the Indiana State Police. Journalists would be fingerprinted as part of the process and would have to pay a $75 fee for a lifetime license. Those with felony or domestic battery convictions would be prohibited from getting a license.
-snip-
yardwork
(61,748 posts)3. Fascist.
rurallib
(62,477 posts)6. Every other Republican state is probably watching closely
ready to copy once it passes there
dalton99a
(81,673 posts)4. Another idiocy from Mike Pence's home state
elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)5. Unconstitutional attempt to restrain the Free Press
JDC
(10,144 posts)7. But guns, no license needed.
cstanleytech
(26,347 posts)8. No, he is doing this to protest gun licensing laws. It does not make any sense though as the
Constitution specifically gives the government the ability to regulate guns via the "well regulated" part but there is no such clause allowing them to regulate the press and in fact the Constitution specifically is written to prevent the government from interfering with the press.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)9. That is going nowhere. Indiana isn't going to rewrite the Constitution. Idiots!