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Post by avordvet on May 17, 2016 16:33:49 GMT -5
Your masters no longer want to see you peasants within their view... U.S. justices reject challenge to protest ban on Supreme Court plazaBy Lawrence Hurley, May 17, 2016 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to a law that hits the justices close to home: a ban on protests on the marble plaza in front of the courthouse where they hear cases and issue rulings. The court left in place a 2015 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which said the 1949 federal law prohibiting the protests does not violate the guarantee of freedom of speech under the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment. ca.news.yahoo.com/u-justices-reject-challenge-protest-ban-supreme-court-044838504.html
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Post by avordvet on May 19, 2016 4:11:35 GMT -5
Shame on the U.S. Supreme Court for Making a Mockery of the First AmendmentBy John W. Whitehead, May 16, 2016 “The vitality of civil and political institutions in our society depends on free discussion… It is only through free debate and free exchange of ideas that government remains responsive to the will of the people and peaceful change is effected. The right to speak freely and to promote diversity of ideas and programs is therefore one of the chief distinctions that sets us apart from totalitarian regimes.”—Justice William O. Douglas, Terminiello v. City of Chicago (1949)Shame on the U.S. Supreme Court for making a mockery of the First Amendment. All the justices had to do was right a 60-year wrong that made it illegal to exercise one’s First Amendment rights on the Supreme Court plaza. It shouldn’t have been a big deal. www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/shame_on_the_u.s._supreme_court_for_making_a_mockery_of_the_first_amen
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