Update, Nov. 21, 2024, at 11:25 a.m.: The bill this piece concerns passed the House this morning largely along party lines, with only one Republican, Thomas Massie, voting nay. However, 15 Democrats joined Republicans in voting yea to pass the bill. The original piece remains below.
President-elect Donald Trump should be expected to try to crack down on civil society in his second term. He has promised to deport protesters, and the prior time he was in office, he mused about having protesters practicing their First Amendment right to free assembly shot in the legs.
Members of Congress, and especially Democrats—ostensibly the opposition party—will thus be presented with a choice: Do they want legislation that emboldens him in this goal or that could potentially serve as a check against it?
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