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I'm not a constitutional lawyer but I don't believe that a reasonable person would have to be one to see the problem here.

steve_mcdougall 4y ago
Yes but these are lawmakers in Florida we're talking about.
- AnimalMuppet 4y ago
  What happens in Florida doesn't completely stay in Florida. Eventually the Supreme Court gets a vote.
  - jfengel 4y ago
    Indeed it does. And I have no idea which way it will vote on this.
    - AnimalMuppet 4y ago
      Well, it may depend on the exact wording. If it's what we've all assumed it is, then it's dead. Even with a 6-3 conservative majority, there's no way that will fly. Some of those conservatives have principles, and even the rest can think, and can look ahead to the day when the Democrats run Florida. But some people are claiming that the bill isn't the way we've been taking it. Some claim that it's like this: If you're a blogger, and political party X is paying you to blog, and you're covering Florida politics, then you have to disclose the source of your funding. If it's that, and it's just that, it likely will pass SC review. It would be just like the radio ads saying "this message paid for by the committee to re-elect Senator Blow." Either that's never been tested at the SC, or it passed. And I personally don't have a problem with a paid-for blog being given the same treatment. So: Which is it? It's going to depend on the exact wording, because those two versions of the bill are not very many words apart.
dragonwriter 4y ago
Florida has basically thrown out any respect for the 14th Amendment application of certain rights (particularly free speech and free press) to the States in favor of state imposed ideological codes and is daring people to try to challenge it, knowing that is costly, time consuming, and uncertain given the current ideological balance of the US Supreme Court.

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I'm not a constitutional lawyer but I don't believe that a reasonable person would have to be one to see the problem here.

by LinuxBender 4y ago

steve_mcdougall 4y ago
Yes but these are lawmakers in Florida we're talking about.
- AnimalMuppet 4y ago
  What happens in Florida doesn't completely stay in Florida. Eventually the Supreme Court gets a vote.
  - jfengel 4y ago
    Indeed it does. And I have no idea which way it will vote on this.
    - AnimalMuppet 4y ago
      Well, it may depend on the exact wording. If it's what we've all assumed it is, then it's dead. Even with a 6-3 conservative majority, there's no way that will fly. Some of those conservatives have principles, and even the rest can think, and can look ahead to the day when the Democrats run Florida. But some people are claiming that the bill isn't the way we've been taking it. Some claim that it's like this: If you're a blogger, and political party X is paying you to blog, and you're covering Florida politics, then you have to disclose the source of your funding. If it's that, and it's just that, it likely will pass SC review. It would be just like the radio ads saying "this message paid for by the committee to re-elect Senator Blow." Either that's never been tested at the SC, or it passed. And I personally don't have a problem with a paid-for blog being given the same treatment. So: Which is it? It's going to depend on the exact wording, because those two versions of the bill are not very many words apart.
dragonwriter 4y ago
Florida has basically thrown out any respect for the 14th Amendment application of certain rights (particularly free speech and free press) to the States in favor of state imposed ideological codes and is daring people to try to challenge it, knowing that is costly, time consuming, and uncertain given the current ideological balance of the US Supreme Court.