https://thehill.com/opinion/education/61...-response/

Garland and the Biden administration conspired to violate the First amendment rights of parents objecting to school board policies. Sounds like they wrote the letter sent by the national association of school boards.

Despite lots of internal warnings, the DOJ and FBI still went after parents calling them "domestic terrorists."



"...On Sept. 22, a full week before the National School Boards Association letter was sent, the White House Counsel’s Office forwarded the Justice Department an email from the association’s Chip Slaven to White House official Mary Wall that was, according to the report, “in substance, the same as the final NSBA Letter.” The Justice Department was already discussing a possible federal response a week before the letter that ostensibly prompted it had been sent.

The records also show weeks of collaboration involving the association’s leadership and senior Biden administration officials. Even as the White House sought federal action, officials inside the Justice Department and the FBI raised serious concerns about whether federal law enforcement should be involved at all. They noted that the conduct described in the letter was overwhelmingly state and local in nature and that much of it was protected First Amendment activity.

Some officials were remarkably blunt.

One Justice Department attorney called the effort “ridiculous.” Another warned that if the Justice Department went forward, “they might as well rename the damn thing the anti-MAGA Task Force.” Another observed that almost all the alleged threats were protected by the First Amendment and warned that the Justice Department was “ramping up an awful lot of federal manpower for what is currently non-federal conduct.”

The concerns extended to the FBI. One official wrote, “Not all who oppose school board actions or legislative decisions are Domestic Terrorists.” Another cautioned against treating someone as a domestic terrorism subject because of “policy or political disagreement with elected officials...."”

(10-14-2026 09:44 AM)bullet Wrote:  https://thehill.com/opinion/education/61...-response/

Garland and the Biden administration conspired to violate the First amendment rights of parents objecting to school board policies. Sounds like they wrote the letter sent by the national association of school boards.

Despite lots of internal warnings, the DOJ and FBI still went after parents calling them "domestic terrorists."



"...On Sept. 22, a full week before the National School Boards Association letter was sent, the White House Counsel’s Office forwarded the Justice Department an email from the association’s Chip Slaven to White House official Mary Wall that was, according to the report, “in substance, the same as the final NSBA Letter.” The Justice Department was already discussing a possible federal response a week before the letter that ostensibly prompted it had been sent.

The records also show weeks of collaboration involving the association’s leadership and senior Biden administration officials. Even as the White House sought federal action, officials inside the Justice Department and the FBI raised serious concerns about whether federal law enforcement should be involved at all. They noted that the conduct described in the letter was overwhelmingly state and local in nature and that much of it was protected First Amendment activity.

Some officials were remarkably blunt.

One Justice Department attorney called the effort “ridiculous.” Another warned that if the Justice Department went forward, “they might as well rename the damn thing the anti-MAGA Task Force.” Another observed that almost all the alleged threats were protected by the First Amendment and warned that the Justice Department was “ramping up an awful lot of federal manpower for what is currently non-federal conduct.”

The concerns extended to the FBI. One official wrote, “Not all who oppose school board actions or legislative decisions are Domestic Terrorists.” Another cautioned against treating someone as a domestic terrorism subject because of “policy or political disagreement with elected officials...."”

Of course they did.

LOL… like Biden or Garland ever gave a crap about the constitution.

(10-14-2026 10:16 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  LOL… like Biden or Garland ever gave a crap about the constitution.

Obama and Holder didn't care about the Constitution either.

Covid bared the fangs of Dem authoritarianism. Never again.

(10-14-2026 11:45 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  Covid bared the fangs of Dem authoritarianism. Never again.

Well we have to make sure and get out and vote.

And for all the whining, thank you Mitch!!! He saved us from Garland for life on the Supreme Court.

(10-14-2026 12:56 PM)bullet Wrote:  for all the whining, thank you Mitch!!! He saved us from Garland for life on the Supreme Court.

So true.

I sometimes compare McConnell to Doug Pederson, the Eagles/ Jaguars HC whose career record as an NFL coach is .500, but who nevertheless was 1-0 in his only Super Bowl. The Garland nomination was McConnell’s Super Bowl, and he was more than equal to the challenge.

No way to prove it, of course, but I will always believe that if Garland had been confirmed, Clinton wins that election.