Rally Against Fascism_Ed Stanak_08012020
Channel: Jerome Lipani
Date: 05/08/2020

Vermonters are organizing to request  that state legislators hold hearings when they return to the State House on August 25th about potential  impacts in Vermont   from  possible  actions by the Trump administration  prior to, and following, the November national elections . These concerns are based upon recent events in Washington DC and Portland, Oregon when people attempted to exercise their First Amendment rights . The Senate and House Judiciary committees are being asked to receive testimony about the overreach of federal criminal jurisdiction and the chilling effect on dissent under the guise of  protecting federal property .The committees are also being asked to consider measures to establish limits over that overreach . Organizers  are  requesting that the  Senate and House committees on Government Operations, General and Military Affairs hold hearings on the potential   federalization of the Vermont National Guard  to act as a police force should Vermonters find it necessary to assemble in protest . Vermonters are urged to contact their senators and  House representatives asking them to support the effort for these  legislative hearings .