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The Wall Street Journal reports:
As a candidate, President Biden promised to make tackling domestic violent extremism — a long-simmering issue in the U.S. — a priority. The threat has taken on fresh urgency after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, which involved several far-right groups like the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys. The matter is fraught: Addressing terrorism involving U.S. citizens is complicated by constitutional, political and cultural concerns, homeland-security officials and other experts say.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation can robustly monitor international terrorists with the goal of disrupting plots before they occur. But there are legal constraints on what the bureau can do at home. Its ability to open an investigation solely based on hateful speech or affiliation with known domestic extremists is severely curtailed by the First Amendment and other constitutional provisions.
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Addressing violent extremism is a Biden priority, but whether the U.S. needs a broad law on domestic terrorism is up for debate
— Rachael Levy (@rachael_levy) February 13, 2021