I just saw that president Trump is thinking about prescribing 'Antifa' as a terrorist organisation and saying that he's 'not sure' their 1st amendment rights should apply.
I'd be a little more concerned about the state of US at this point.
I'd be a little more concerned about the state of US at this point.
The U.K. is waaaaaaay further along in this direction. Wrongthink on a social media post? Jail.
They arrest 30 people a day for this: https://www.economist.com/britain/2025/05/15/britains-police...
What I did mean is that declaring certain organizations to be terrorist organizations (HAMAS, Al-Qaeda, etc.) seems to be well within the remit of the executive branch.
Another example: banning zionism/antizionism or banning racism.
It can't work like that.
The focus has to be on criminal acts committed by individuals, regardless of their ideological affiliation.
Banning an ideology would be a direct and fundamental attack on the 1st amendment of the constitution.
It would lead to "guilt by association." A concept the Supreme Court has found to be unconstitutional. (NAACP v. Alabama (1958), Scales v. United States (1961), Noto v. United States (1961), United States v. Robel (1967), etc.)