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Tennessee voting rights law: Governor signs bill penalizing some protesters with felony and loss of voting rights - CNNPolitics
Tennessee Law Could Strip Protesters of Voting Rights | Law & Crime
Folks, this is what fascism looks like...
In this one bill, Tennessee Republicans have violated the first, fifth, fourteenth, & fifteenth Amendments.
Why do Republicans and Trump supporters hate democracy?
Why do Republicans and Trump supporters hate the Constitution?
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed legislation on Thursday that will increase penalties for individuals caught camping on state property.
Bill HB 8005 increases the punishment for camping on state property from a misdemeanor to a class E felony that is punishable by up to six years in prison.
Signing of the bill comes as protesters have been camping outside the Tennessee Capitol in Nashville, demanding a meeting with the Republican governor to discuss racial inequality and police brutality since June, according to the Washington Post. Protesters are also asking for the removal of a Nathan Bedford Forrest bust at the State Capitol. Forrest was a slave trader and early Ku Klux Klan leader.
Campers would first be given a warning and those who refuse to leave would then be charged with a felony. Notably, convicted felons in Tennessee lose their right to vote, which could be a major blow to protesters amid a high-stakes election year.
Tennessee Law Could Strip Protesters of Voting Rights | Law & Crime
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) on Thursday signed a controversial law the will significantly increase penalties for protesters–including depriving them of their right to vote–for participating in certain kinds of demonstrations, the Associated Press reported Friday.
The state’s Republican-controlled General Assembly last week called a three-day special legislative session during which the bill was passed and signed into law without an accompanying announcement or press release.
Under the new law, persons charged with illegally camping on state property–a charge that used to be a misdemeanor—will now face a Class E felony and up to six years in prison.
Folks, this is what fascism looks like...
In this one bill, Tennessee Republicans have violated the first, fifth, fourteenth, & fifteenth Amendments.
Why do Republicans and Trump supporters hate democracy?
Why do Republicans and Trump supporters hate the Constitution?