Posted on 03/06/2024 2:40:55 AM PST by davikkm
The far left leaning Senate is about to try and kill the first amendment.
Senate Bill 5427, after it is signed into law, would allow private individuals (note: this is not limited to American citizens) to report “bias incidents*” (see definition below) to the State Attorney General’s Office, with the possibility of receiving up to $2,000 of taxpayers money for this noncriminal incident. The bill was very clear: this is a non-crime which they will then forward to local law enforcement to investigate. What’s to investigate? No crime, no investigation.
(Excerpt) Read more at citizenwatchreport.com ...
Washington has mail-in voting.
https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5427&Year=2023&Initiative=false
Per info at the above, even if the bill is signed into law, if funding isn’t provided then the bill is considered null and void.
What the heck...
Flood it with “bias incident” calls
against Leftists, even the slightest.
Assuming it is even passed and funded, any person subject to any negative action due to such a report will have an easy federal lawsuit.
There are loads of precedent in US free speech law against this.
So you report the bill as being biased, collect $2k and then report each supporter of the bill as being biased collect $2k each then report the governor and get $2k.
Target the enforcers.
“Assuming it is even passed and funded, any person subject to any negative action due to such a report will have an easy federal lawsuit.”
In front of a democrat communist judge who will not allow you to introduce any evidence to defend yourself. Even if you pushed it to the Supreme Court they would just refuse to take it up and send it back down.
“There are loads of precedent in US free speech law against this.”
See above... Not anymore... Precedent is now in favor of speech crimes. We are not in Kansas anymore.
It sounds like bounty hunting to me.
1A is already dead anywhere and everywhere that has “hate crime” laws, and Washington has them.
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