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To: Cincinatus' Wife
"Terminiello v. City of Chicago, 337 U.S. 1 (1949), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a 'breach of peace' ordinance of the City of Chicago which banned speech which 'stirs the public to anger, invites dispute, brings about a condition of unrest, or creates a disturbance' was unconstitutional under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution." (from a wiki source)

Hold on now, the Constitution is not a suicide pact; the phrase "suicide pact" was first used by Justice Robert H. Jackson in his dissenting opinion in Terminiello v. Chicago.

Neither is the Constitution a czar and fetters.

These evil, clumsy movie makers shouted fire in a crowded theater! Really? Media ideologues, et al. feeeeeeeeeeel so.

Sounds familiar.

". . . some key [events] exacerbated the national debate, fraying trust, and national cohesion just a little more each time . . . The two-party system that had governed America . . . begin to fall apart . . . interest in politics took the place of all other forms of news-related entertainment . . . politicians were the celebrities . . . [Politics/ideology] was becoming such a habit, the reactions so automatic, that [journalists] taking sides on every news story became inevitable."

.. I just can't avoid thinking about this from for Love & Liberty by Robin Young and it's about 1857 America.

When these clowns are more interested in who expressed an opinion than who murdered who then.. well let's just get it over with.

33 posted on 09/14/2012 6:41:15 AM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: WilliamofCarmichael

Great info. However, seems to me that “breach of peace” may apply on U.S. soil but does not extend beyond our borders.

I’m not a lawyer. I’m just guessing.


54 posted on 09/14/2012 7:34:22 AM PDT by Lobbyist (capitalist)
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