The SCOTUS decision tells me that I get to say anything, anywhere, any time.
Except “Fire” in a crowded theater. You Yanks want to do your best to keep your First Amendment rights.
“The SCOTUS decision tells me that I get to say anything, anywhere, any time.”
Perhaps. These protests ARE almost approaching the “yelling FIRE in a crowded theater” level.
Will be interesting to see what happens to some kid that invokes a prayer at some graduation ceremony this Spring. I think that is what Palin was going after - the discrepency in what is considered “free speech”.
Try sitting in front of the White House and screaming “obummer is a muslim... or a fag”... and see how free you are. Some of us are more free than others... We Conservatives are the least free of all.
LLS
Read the decision. The Court was very careful to point out that the protestors were on a public street, 1,000 feet from the Church where the funeral was taking place, and behind a barricade put up by the police, and that the plaintiff (the father of the dead soldier) didn't even know the protest was going on until he saw it on the news that night. The Court said that, under different facts, there might not be First Amendment protection.