“There goes the First Amendment for everyone,” said Kathy Diamond, Turner’s mother. “These judges, their job is to protect the Constitution, not shred it.
Only problem is, the first amendment only covers print journalism. Not that I agree with that or the verdict, it just is what it is
Freedom of press only covers print, I should have said. Freedom of speech is another matter.It was a stupid thing to do and borders on yelling fire in a theater
Even if the Freedom of the Press was construed with such wooden literalism so as to apply only to the print media (because TV and radio do not use presses for the dissemination of ideas), surely the Freedom of Speech could not be interpreted in such a niggardly fashion. That being said, I don’t think that a law that punishes a person who calls for the murder of citizens and publishes their home addresses violates the First Amendment in any way, shape or form.