Why the GOP War Against Protesters Won't Succeed

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Specifically, he ruled that HB1's broad, vague language probably violates the First Amendment -- by criminalizing too much protected protest activity -- and the Fourteenth Amendment -- by failing to give protestors fair notice of what exactly it criminalizes.
55% : The law's challengers, a group of Black-led advocacy organizations, sought temporary relief enjoining enforcement of the law while the case proceeds.
51% : The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals became the first federal appellate court to hold that portions of the federal Anti-Riot Act violate the First Amendment.
47% : The first of a new wave of anti-protest laws to reach federal court has already hit a major roadblock.
47% : An early version of the bill would have criminalized anything that "substantially obstructs a law enforcement or other government function."
46% : Similar legislation in other states is on ice, at least for now.
42% : But for now, Judge Walker's decision is a refreshing reminder that the First Amendment protects protests "with particular force."
39% : HB1 is just one of dozens of anti-protest laws enacted or proposed by Republican lawmakers following last summer's massive Black Lives Matter protests.

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