Police could sue anyone who hurts their feelings under a New York county's 'diabolical' new bill, according to a constitutional law expert

Aug 05, 2021 View Original Article
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"Gloria Browne-Marshall, a constitutional law professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, described the bill as diabolical for all the ways it seeks to give police officers more rights than a civilian has."
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-10% Liberal
"Jim Hagedorn, Miesota's Republican First District representative, told the Star Tribune last month that he supports infrastructure in the form of roads, bridges, broadband, locks, dams, airports, rail, pipelines and sewers, but that the country doesn't need $600 billion for green energy mandates, Green New Deal, all sorts of excess."
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14% Conservative
"Fourth District Rep. Betty McCollum showed support for the infrastructure package as well, calling it a critical investment in the future competitiveness of of the U.S. that strengthens our economy, creates jobs, combats climate change and makes families and communities more secure."
Positive
24% Conservative
"I am encouraged that the Senate has been able to find common ground - and appears on track to pass an infrastructure package through regular order with strong, bipartisan support, said Second District Rep. Angie Craig."
Positive
16% Conservative
"Klobuchar, a staunch advocate for broadband expansion, said the bill includes funding based on her legislation with Democratic Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina to expand rural and tribal broadband and help low-income families get broadband access."
Positive
14% Conservative
"The reconciliation package could help President Biden achieve some of his human infrastructure agenda, adding up to the biggest expansion of social welfare programs since former President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society, which included Medicare and Medicaid, in the 1960s."
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10% Conservative
"Squad member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who said in a July virtual town hall event that House progressives will tank the bipartisan infrastructure bill unless we will also pass the reconciliation bill."
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0% Conservative
"The long road to a successful infrastructure deal is nearing its end in Congress this week with a roughly $1 trillion proposal to improve the country's roads, bridges, pipes and internet coections, setting in motion a long-awaited debate in the chamber to enact one of President Joe Biden's economic policy priorities."
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-2% Liberal
"If the package passes in the Senate, Biden won't be the only one celebrating."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"To Fifth District Rep. Ilhan Omar, a progressive, the bill does not do enough to combat climate change or to invest in human infrastructure"
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-8% Liberal
"Despite positive messaging from the Biden administration, members of Congress on both sides of the aisle are unhappy with the current state of the massive infrastructure bill."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"The package offers a chance for Biden to show that he can bring both sides of the aisle together despite being at odds on a range of issues with Republicans since taking office earlier this year."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"Sixth District Republican Rep. Tom Emmer did not respond to requests for comment on this story, but the NRCC chairman has said publicly that the infrastructure bill will be dire for the U.S. cryptocurrency industry."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"Neither of Miesota's senators, Democrats Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar, are part of the bipartisan group leading the charge to get the infrastructure bill over the finish line."
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-26% Liberal
"Neither of Miesota's senators, Democrats Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar, are part of the bipartisan group leading the charge to get the infrastructure bill over the finish line."
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-26% Liberal

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45% : Gloria Browne-Marshall, a constitutional law professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, described the bill as "diabolical" for all the ways it seeks to "give police officers more rights than a civilian has."

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