Local Connecticut opinion polls show that people are solidly against this. Even in deep blue Connecticut.
Local legal experts are also solidly against this. They note that there are no avenues to challenge being placed on the list.
The result is that avenues will be opened to challenge one’s placement on a terror list. Which will ultimately weaken the watch lists through discrimination challenges.
Maybe they are against it because a “government watch list” does not meet due-process, and equal protection standards of the law and US Constitution.
As far as I am concerned, a “government watch list” can mean anything to any arm of government, even political. It smells to high heaven.