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1 posted on 06/26/2013 10:54:46 AM PDT by Nachum
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We are hosed


3 posted on 06/26/2013 10:57:20 AM PDT by frogjerk (We are conservatives. Not libertarians, not "fiscal conservatives", not moderates)
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Shouldn’t the charge be petty vandalism, and the sentence or fine related to the cost of scrubbing the sidewalks?


4 posted on 06/26/2013 10:58:03 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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Pelosi’s inlaws can steal hundreds of Millions of dollars and walk, but a peon spends his life in prison for protesting.

Justice, Obama style


5 posted on 06/26/2013 10:58:27 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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Have to say that the third world is looking freer and freer compared to the USSA.


6 posted on 06/26/2013 10:58:28 AM PDT by trapped_in_LA
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“A judge has barred his attorney from mentioning freedom of speech during trial.”

What do you call an attorney with an IQ if less than 50?

Your Honor.


7 posted on 06/26/2013 11:00:01 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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Don’t for a second believe that this story, and today’s Supreme Court ruling are not related.


9 posted on 06/26/2013 11:03:04 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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He criticized a bank? That should be a capital offense!
10 posted on 06/26/2013 11:03:15 AM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (Obama lies, smokes, blasphemes, eats pork, reads your mail, eavesdrops and drinks during Ramadan)
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You guys are really in trouble.

11 posted on 06/26/2013 11:06:02 AM PDT by Slyfox (Without the Right to Life, all other rights are meaningless.)
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Bank of America, the massive conglomerate that received $45 billion in interest-free loans from the US government in 2008-2009 in a bid to keep it solvent after bad bets went south.

Interest-free loans? I think they meant loans that ended up costing Bank of America $4.5 billion.

ProPublica

13 posted on 06/26/2013 11:07:15 AM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Math is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
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what did he write?


14 posted on 06/26/2013 11:08:09 AM PDT by MNDude (Sorry for typos. Probably written on a smartphone, and I have big clumsy fingers.)
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Oh good lord. He used sidewalk chalk, make him clean it up.
Maybe a few hours of cleaning up trash, but thirteen years?


15 posted on 06/26/2013 11:10:13 AM PDT by svcw (Stand or die)
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I can see why the judge’s ruling make sense. The case is about vandalism, not about the actual message. So the free speech argument is irrelevant.

If the law is written in such a way that the punishments for water-soluble chalk graffiti are too harsh, that is not an issue for the court to address. I do think the judge should use discretion in handing out the least harsh punishment allowed by law in this case, but still, he is within his judicial authority.

What am I missing here? If I am wrong, please explain why, without resorting to accusations of my being a troll or a closet fascist, which would only demonstrate the accuser’s inability to engage in rational discussion.

If I am wrong, enlighten me.


16 posted on 06/26/2013 11:10:17 AM PDT by Maceman (Just say "NO" to tyranny.)
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Good old USSA.


17 posted on 06/26/2013 11:10:29 AM PDT by chessplayer
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This is the type of case which demands jury nullification.
19 posted on 06/26/2013 11:12:17 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (This message has been recorded but not approved by Obama's StasiNet. Read it at your peril.)
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Maybe he can use the Crayola defense.


20 posted on 06/26/2013 11:16:03 AM PDT by stayathomemom (Beware of kittens modifying your posts.)
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I’m torn. Part of me says this “judge” is way out of bounds because this does appear to be an obvious free speech issue. The other part of me sees that this is probably one of those damned OWS protesters (anti-bigbank) and I’d like to see him rot in jail because he’s stupid.

It’s a toss-up.


21 posted on 06/26/2013 11:16:07 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
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A judge has barred his attorney from mentioning freedom of speech during trial.

Just let that one sink in for a moment...


23 posted on 06/26/2013 11:17:02 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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http://www.sandiego.edu/law/academics/faculty/bio.php?ID=663

the judge appears to be a professor at the University of San Diego....oh boy


28 posted on 06/26/2013 11:31:25 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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...that a judge had opted to prevent Olson’s attorney from "mentioning the First Amendment, free speech, free expression, public forum, expressive conduct, or political speech during the trial,”...

Now that is ironic.

29 posted on 06/26/2013 11:34:21 AM PDT by AndyTheBear
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Anarcho-tyranny in action, plain and simple.


38 posted on 06/26/2013 12:07:46 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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