Ken WhiteMar 4, 2023

The Florida GOP is just comically fascist.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3882068-florida-bill-would-require-bloggers-to-register-before-writing-about-desantis/

Florida bill would require bloggers to register before writing about DeSantis

A bill proposed this week by a Republican state senator in Florida would require bloggers who write about Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), his Cabinet officers and members of the Florida legislature to register with the state. Bloggers who receive compensation for a given online post about an elected state officer would have to register with…

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Show threadChrisK
@Popehat I realize the current majority in the Supreme Court pays no deference to the Constitution, but isn't this "bill" blatantly unconstitutional?
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Show threadAnAffordableWizardMar 4, 2023
@Whako @Popehat Yeah I'd be surprised if even the gnarliest conservative judge let this one through. Its the text book definition of a first ammendment violation
Show threadtipsyatworkMar 4, 2023

@shayneoneill @Whako @Popehat Is it though, they are not stopping them from saying anything, they just have to register if they get payment for saying it.

However Russian much, I really think the USA have an issue with Russian influence.

Show threadLizardMar 8, 2023
@tipsyatwork @shayneoneill @Whako @Popehat The argument that "It's just registration, not a limit on speech" has been addressed long ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamont_v._Postmaster_General
Lamont v. Postmaster General - Wikipedia

Show threadtipsyatworkMar 8, 2023
@LizardSF @shayneoneill @Whako @Popehat Thanks for the link, at first, I could not see the relevance between that and what they are talking about here, there is another link in that article for the chilling affect, that then put it into more context for me. Cheers.
Show threadAnAffordableWizardMar 10, 2023

@tipsyatwork @Whako @Popehat

Registration schemes are neither new, nor have they *ever* been considered acceptable under the first ammendment. The first ammendments really clear and unambigous in that regard.

And its pretty savage what is counted. If you want to write a pamphlet or blog about how great Al Quaida is, your free to do it, as long as you dont go including instructions , or the reasonably limited list of things courts do excempt from the first ammendment (ie violations of national secrets, contact addresses for spooky terror camps etc) your free to get pretty damn seditious [see pretty much all the cases around the communist party and the various ham fisted attempts govts made during the cold war to ban them], and theres not a damn thing the govt can do to stop you.

And writing mean things about the govenor? Yeah "registration" schemes are not gonna fly.

Show threadJason Bowen 🇺🇦Mar 6, 2023
@Whako @Popehat My expertise is in Third Amendment case law, but it certainly seems to violate the First Amendment. I wish that still meant something, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯