Safety is often the first reason given when removing freedoms. It would be a fallacy to compare a poisonous coolaid or more precisely, Flavor-Aid, to speech even when yelling fire.
I agree. I find slack/zoom to be a terrible replacement for the old casual/impromptu/hallway conversations. Sometimes the best information is learned in those formats.
Some conservative votes could be had if this this were seen as a state's rights issue. Libertarians should be all in too, except for this bill includes a tax.
Most likely though the problem is getting enough "law and order" centrists of either party to think outside their box.
Except for a few really conservative religious conservative Republicans. Most Republicans seem to support decriminalizing marijuana. Trump has mentioned before that he was for criminal justice reform.
This facility does exist but it also requires a repayment schedule to be set up. Even this assumes the system and people behind tsp.gov are actively processing loans.
The fairness is intended at the state level. How your state decides on electors is their law. It doesn't even have to poll each individual, historically state legislatures even did it themselves.
