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In reply to the discussion: US Congress passes authoritarian anti-protest law [View all]It has nothing to do with Occupy. By that logic the existing law from 1971 applies to Occupy. Scary!
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It already applied to all previous G8 summits, because the previous law was in effect
jeff47
Mar 2012
#42
The reason Democrats, including Kucinich, support this is that it doesn't do what you say.
onenote
Mar 2012
#21
So the answer to my question is that you think teabaggers should have unimpeded access to President
onenote
Mar 2012
#34
What do you think an appropriate sentence for crashing a White House event should be?
onenote
Mar 2012
#12
So you'd be fine with a bunch of teabaggers breaking into the residential portion of the WH
onenote
Mar 2012
#22
Read the damn bill. You are wrong. Because the authors of these links are lying.
jeff47
Mar 2012
#37
Well since the law in that regard is the same as it was a week ago, a month ago, and a decade ago
onenote
Mar 2012
#23
"Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech . . . or the right of the people
libmom74
Mar 2012
#36
An authoritarian government could/would designate a major national strike along the lines
Uncle Joe
Mar 2012
#66
Yes and money used to mean money and persons used to mean people, but the law
Uncle Joe
Mar 2012
#67
What is the legal definition of "special event of national significance"? n/t
Uncle Joe
Mar 2012
#74
Here is some helpful background info on special events of national significance (aka NSSEs)
onenote
Mar 2012
#81
From what I can tell there are only two people that determine what that definition means.
Uncle Joe
Mar 2012
#82
What the hell is wrong with the senate? I understand how it got through the house but the senate?
jwirr
Mar 2012
#77
Probably because the Senate thinks that protecting the WH and VP residence from unauthorized entry
onenote
Mar 2012
#79
That does make a difference. I would not want protesters doing either of those things.
jwirr
Mar 2012
#85