Lege TREND. Protests + Critical Infrastructure. 3 Constitutional Concerns.

The St. Louis Dispatch Editorial Board raises these 3 concerns about a SB 93 (2019 |MO) about protestors at pipelines and other critical infrastrcuture:

• The bill impacts protestors from the RIGHT & the LEFT, such as farmers that protested the Grain Belt Transmission Line Project in Missouri. Both sides have Free Speech Rights
• When protestors engage their constitutional rights, trespeass and existing laws already make hugging a pipeline in protest illegal
• It subjects groups to 10 times ordinary penalties for the actions of a few of their members

St. Louis Dispatch | Editorial: Missouri bill aims to silence environmentalists. It could silence farmers, too.