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Nevilledog

(51,055 posts) Wed Apr 7, 2021, 08:36 PM Apr 2021

Flagrantly unconstitutional bill presented in Tennessee

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Deborah L. Dwyer
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"WHEREAS, the state has a compelling interest to compel the press to promote the objective truth for the sake of the viability of democracy... and for stopping the press from serving as a slander machine"

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https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1219.pdf…
2:40 PM · Apr 7, 2021

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Flagrantly unconstitutional bill presented in Tennessee (Original Post) Nevilledog Apr 2021 OP

I don't want to give them too much credit but what if the law was meant to be unconstitutional? ... marble falls Apr 2021 #1

marble falls

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1. I don't want to give them too much credit but what if the law was meant to be unconstitutional? ...

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Wed Apr 7, 2021, 09:06 PM

Apr 2021

What if they understood they had gone too far but instead of having to back down in front of the RWers, they made the liberal pinko Federal government and the SCOTUS get them out of the corner they almost painted themselves into?

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