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Anti-Protest Bills in Southern States Face First Amendment Challenges

Anti-Protest Bills in Southern States Face First Amendment Challenges
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ExxonMobil Regularly Gives Six-Figure Sums to Brookings and CSIS

ExxonMobil Regularly Gives Six-Figure Sums to Brookings and CSIS
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Police Are Backing Bills That Make It Easier to Crush Nonviolent Protests

Police, their unions and lobbyists have supported one or more “anti-riot” bills in at least 14 states since last June.

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Republicans Want to Make Protesting a Crime

A spate of new laws crack down on social justice and environmental activism
Police arrest a water protector protesting the construction of the Line 3 oil pipeline in Minnesota last January. | Photo by Kerem Yucel/AFP/Getty Images
A half-year after Donald Trump’s drubbing at the polls, the right-wing effort to criminalize dissent and protest among environmental and social justice activists continues to gain momentum.
In early May, Montana governor Greg Gianforte signed into law a bill designed to protect “critical infrastructure,” including gas and oil pipelines. The law defines infrastructure broadly, from wireless towers to prisons. Individuals who trespass, or merely “impede or inhibit operations” at these sites could face as much as 18 months in prison and $4,500 fines. Under the new law, protesters who cause more than $1,500 in damage could be faced with a maximum of $150,000 in fines and 30 years in prison. Organizations found to be involved in coordinating with the protesters could be required to pay a maximum fine of $1.5 million.

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Analysis: Law Enforcement Groups Drive Anti-Protest Laws

Law enforcement groups did support many of the efforts, though. Such organizations donated $342,602 in the 2019-2020 election cycle to sponsors of anti-protest bills in 2021. The vast majority of those on the list are police and correctional unions. The Southern States Police Benevolent Association and Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York were the top two law enforcement donors to anti-protest bill sponsors, contributing $39,300 and $38,350 respectively. Neither group responded to a request for comment. Also included were a handful of campaign funds for sheriff’s office candidates.
The most meaningful demonstration of an organization or interest group’s support for a bill is to lobby for it. In 13 states, law enforcement officers or police unions have expressed support for at least one anti-protest bill since June, according to Gibson, the researcher. Among them are Arkansas, Florida, and Indiana, where bills recently passed into law, and Arizona, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, and Wisconsin, where bills are still being considered.

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Montana Is About to Become the Most Dangerous Place in America to Protest Fossil Fuels

Montana Is About to Become the Most Dangerous Place in America to Protest Fossil Fuels
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Aitkin County sheriffs arrest water protectors during a protest at the construction site of the Line 3 oil pipeline near Palisade, Minnesota. If it were Montana, the fines could soon be astronomical.
Republicans posture as the party of free speech. Except when it’s speech they don’t like.
This week, the Montana legislature passed what is among the most, if not the most, extreme anti-pipeline protest laws in the country. Gov. Greg Gianforte, a man best known for assaulting a reporter and killing wolves, is expected to sign a bill into law that would criminalize protesting fossil fuel infrastructure. It would foist up to $150,000 in fines and 30 years in prison on individuals convicted of protest-related “vandalism” and $1.5 million in costs on any organizations charged as “conspirators.” Republicans legislators that have backed the bill have also singled out Indigenous-led protests as a reason for the bill, citing falsehoods to pass a bill to protect fossil fuel interests.

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Montana Set to Pass Extreme Anti-Pipeline Protest Law

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Aitkin County sheriffs arrest water protectors during a protest at the construction site of the Line 3 oil pipeline near Palisade, Minnesota. If it were Montana, the fines could soon be astronomical.
Photo: Kerem Yucel/AFP (Getty Images)
Republicans posture as the party of free speech. Except when it’s speech they don’t like.
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This week, the Montana legislature passed what is among the most, if not the most, extreme anti-pipeline protest laws in the country. Gov. Greg Gianforte, a man best known for assaulting a reporter and killing wolves, is expected to sign a bill into law that would criminalize protesting fossil fuel infrastructure. It would foist up to $150,000 in fines and 30 years in prison on individuals convicted of protest-related “vandalism” and $1.5 million in costs on any organizations charged as “conspirators.” Republicans legislators that have backed the bill have also singled out Indigenous-led protests as a reason for the bill, citing falsehoods to pass a bill to protect fossil fuel interests.

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Driven by Industry, More States Are Passing Tough Laws Aimed at Pipeline Protesters

Driven by Industry, More States Are Passing Tough Laws Aimed at Pipeline Protesters
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Movies on TV this week: 'My Fair Lady'; 'Marry Poppins'

Movies on TV this week: 'My Fair Lady'; 'Marry Poppins'
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4 More States Propose Harsh New Penalties For Protesting Fossil Fuels

4 More States Propose Harsh New Penalties For Protesting Fossil Fuels
Industry-designed bills to silence climate protests are under consideration in Arkansas, Kansas, Minnesota and Montana. More are likely to come.
By Alexander C. Kaufman
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A Native American environmental activist dances with an eagle feather in front of the construction site for Enbridge's Line 3 oil pipeline near Palisade, Minnesota on January 9, 2021.
Dawn Goodwin spent her 50th birthday among towering pines and yellow birches whose tree rings make her lifespan seem like a child’s in comparison. But on that cool, overcast Saturday in December, the growling of construction trucks and chainsaws drowned out the natural soundscape of gushing freshwater and wind whispering between pine needles on the banks of the Mississippi River.

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