In case you missed it: my look at how two of the statutes that DOJ is currently using against protesters came about: huffpost.com/entry/anti-rio…
TL;DR: Strom Thurmond and co. wanted to go after Stokely Carmichael and H. Rap Brown. huffpost.com/entry/anti-rio…
It took more than half a century for federal courts to seriously evaluate the First Amendment issues in the anti-rioting act… and only after the act was applied to white supremacists (and not the Black activists that Strom Thurmond wanted to target). huffpost.com/entry/anti-rio…
A number of states (and D.C.) have a laws on the books that grew out of the unrest of the 1960s. Suspect we’ll see more of these issues going forward. huffpost.com/entry/muriel-b…
Meanwhile:
“It seems a little unusual that some of those who are usually so interested in the preservation of states’ rights... are so quick to abdicate the police power of the states in this particular situation.” — Sen. Robert Griffin (R-Mich.), 1968 huffpost.com/entry/anti-rio…
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