
Seventeen states ask Biden, Garland to stop intimidating parents into silence at school board meetings
Fox News
Seventeen state attorneys general penned a letter to President Biden and Merrick Garland demanding a cease to “scare tactics” used by the federal government to intimidate parents into silence at school board meetings.
A memorandum issued by Garland, which was released shortly after the National School Boards Association (NSBA) sent a letter to Biden claiming some clashes between school boards and parents may amount to "domestic terrorism," calls for the FBI to take the lead on a task force to address threats against school officials, including creating a centralized way to report such threats.
Discussing the memo, the 17 chief law enforcement officers from each state argued that it is "based upon a flawed premise" and violates "First Amendment rights of parents to address school administrators, board members, teachers, and staff on educational matters by seeking to criminalize lawful dissent and intimidate parents into silence."