The measure would make it a crime to “willfully act with the intent to injure, oppress, threaten, intimidate, or single out” individuals or groups based on their political views or the views they have published.
It’s a start. God Bless Ted Cruz!
No ex post facto laws - it’s right there in the Constitution.
No new laws needed. Enforce existing law.
And throw away the key (or charge them for the bullet).
Just abolish the IRS.
Its always gonna devolve into the Cheka.
we have existing laws that nobody uses.
even if passed it will not be used except against those the admin disapproves of.
nice gesture but again, will go nowhere.
doesn’t matter if it gets passed if nobody will use it. issa didn’t do sh1t. kabuki.
I’m for doubling the penalty to any public employee, including police, for breaking the law!!!
Ted continues to go on the Offense.
So, whatever happened with Issa and his getting hood-winked by Lerner???
Slash their funding too. (Beneficial side effect: insufficient resources to enforce teh so-called “tax” under Obamacare.)
Shenanigans? How cute, Paulie, but this rises past the level of shenanigans. And if we have an AG that refuses to enforce the law, how will this bill matter?
You cant call taiban terrorists...you cant profile criminals based on race or ethnicity, even though their race or ethnicity is statistically identified with the crime, because God forbid, you might stop detain and frisk a little obama...but it’s supposed to be ok for an agent y of our government, that is supposed to be in our service, to use its tax provided financial re source and if z privileged position,to target harass intimidate, in an attempt to stifled the political speech of a specific group that is exercising its constitutionally protected speech, because it is opposition to entrenched bureaucrats.You’re damn right the IRS NEEDS TO BE CRIMINALY LIABLE FOR TARGETING HONESt POLITICALLY Engaged usa red whit and blue citizens. Screw you IRS. Go Ted.