“•It expands the definition of domestic violence to include causing “emotional distress” or using “unpleasant speech.”
Today, if someone is convicted of domestic violence, they restrict access to guns.
This will further erode 2nd amendment rights.
Some folks like Cantor. It can be hard, sometimes, to identify the "good" Republicans vs the RINOs. People disagree on who is who. I have a simple way of making sure that I never support a "good" Republican only to find out later that the guy is a lousy RINO -- I no longer vote for Republicans of any kind. I'm done with the GOP and I'm a third party guy now.
So will they be able to send Elizabeth warren armed with a bow and arrows and dressed it full war paint after you if you don't bother to show up to what ever passes for a court in Indian country?
But seriously, virtually every legal scholar I've talked to says this provision is so blatantly unconstitutional and in conflict with prior Supreme Court rulings that it will most likely be struck down unanimously. It essentially gives any member of a Indian tribe the ability to charge any non- member with a crime, and arrest them to be tried under the tribes laws. They would essentially lose all their constitutional protections and rights to appeal.
“It expands the definition of domestic violence to include causing “emotional distress” or using “unpleasant speech”.”
And coverage has been expanded to men.
So, does that mean she can’t tell me that she’s breaking up with or divorcing me? I would certainly think that was “unpleasant speech” and it would cause me “emotional distress”.