The problem(s) with Florida s new penalties for protesters
The point of this law is hardly subtle: Republicans want Floridians to think twice about exercising their First Amendment rights.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference at PortMiami on April 8, 2021 in Miami.Joe Raedle / Getty Images file
April 21, 2021, 12:43 PM UTC
BySteve Benen
The
New York Timesreports today that there s a wave of new anti-protest legislation, sponsored and supported by Republicans, designed to impose punitive new measures on those who take to the streets to dissent.
Arguably no state has gone further than Florida. The
Miami Heraldreported this week:
Why a shift from the United Mine Workers is so important
The fact that the nation s largest coal miners union is eyeing a future in which it will move away from fossil fuels is extraordinary.
Georgia Power s coal-fired Plant Scherer in Juliette, Ga., on June, 3, 2017.Branden Camp / AP file
April 20, 2021, 12:41 PM UTC
BySteve Benen
Five years ago, with the coal industry struggling badly, Donald Trump told miners and plant owners that he knew what to do to turn things around. Elect him, the Republican vowed, and coal would thrive once more. The industry felt hopeful anew, and the GOP ticket carried West Virginia by more than 40 points, becoming Trump s single best state.
The Daily 202: DACA decision highlights chasm between Trump’s compassionate rhetoric and realityby wpjljron
Tuesday, September 5th, 2017.The Daily 202: DACA decision highlights chasm between Trump’s compassionate rhetoric and realityTHE BIG IDEA: By their fruits you will know them. At the Republican National Convention last summer, Donald Trump said he’d “do everything in my power to protect our LGBT citizens.” Then he rescinded protections for trans students in public schools and issued orders to bar transgender people from the armed forces. Trump pronounced the House’s […]
THE BIG IDEA: By their fruits you will know them.
At the Republican National Convention last summer, Donald Trump said he’d “do everything in my power to protect our LGBT citizens.” Then he rescinded protections for trans students in public schools and issued orders to bar transgender people from the armed forces.
A Post-Filibuster World Would Be a Nightmare for Progressives
Democrats eager to gut the Senate s 60-vote threshold should remember how it saved them in the past.
Sen. Bernie Sanders in Dec. 2020, when he was filibustering the National Defense Authorization Act, calling for a Senate vote on giving Americans $2,000 in direct payments for Covid-19 relief. | Photo by Joshua Roberts/Getty Images
By RONALD WEICH
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Ronald Weich is dean of the University of Baltimore School of Law. He served as chief counsel to Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Harry Reid, and as an assistant attorney general from 2009 to 2012.
With astonishing speed, it’s become conventional wisdom on the left that the filibuster must go.
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