Posted on 06/04/2024 11:12:25 AM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
The Supreme Court has denied an appeal from InfoWars host Owen Shroyer against his conviction related to the January 6th protests.
Shroyer, a hugely popular commentator, and activist with Alex Jones’s InfoWars, was convicted of a misdemeanor and received a 60-day prison sentence after pleading guilty to engaging in “disruptive and riotous behavior” at the Capitol Building, despite the fact he never went inside.
His appeal was rejected as part of a routine list of orders released on Monday morning, with no Justice dissenting or commenting on the decision.
In his petition to the court, Shroyer’s lawyers argued that the District Court had failed to recognize his “unique role” as a journalist and had violated his First Amendment rights.
“The precedent has been set. You can be arrested & sentenced for legal & lawful speech,” Shroyer wrote on the X platform after his appeal was rejected. “My case was the precedent. The message is clear. Speak out against government & risk arrest.”
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We’re no longer a nation. We’re a loosely federated continental group of states. Our Constitution and Bill of Rights, our laws, our ethics, our borders... all history.
i wouldnt take this as a precedent for those distinctly different legal issues
I will speculate that pleading guilty to a crime nullifies about 99% of your appellate options?
There are two beast
One is fedzilla.
The other is the anti-Christ.
Buckle up buttercup it’s going to be a bumpy ride.
Bloat
5.56mm
Happened in 2008 with the election of the Foreigner.
The First Amendment is dead. The Constitution is dead. America is dead.
It’s a decomposing carcass now.
LOL !
It looks like his plea was for special treatment because of the unique role of the “journalist”.
While I support a broad overturning of all of these convictions, I do not favor establishing special treatment in law for “journalists”.
i agree
what is the appealable issue?
that he is a journalist?
I trust the KGB had good intentions.
I trust the Stasi meant well.
I trust the Chinese meant well when they executed that man for speaking out.
I trust the FBI for framing MLK
I trust
I trust
I trust.
Our entire judicial system is going back to Soviet Star chamber political sham trials...and you just blindly trust the authorities.
Now we know where totalitarians get their power.
Blind Trust in authority.
Don’t plead guilty!
That was just the date of infection.
Today was the death of the patient.................
What about Pelosi’s buddy, Ray Epps, and his helpers who had b ullhorns and encouraging protesters to storm the Capitol Bldg. Why are their actions being ignored?
Who owns the capitol that the people entered?
After he plead guilty.
I imagine that you loose a lot of arguments in front of any court when you plead guilty.
I understand why a person pleads guilty in a deal…but if you are doing that you take the sentence, do your time, and get on with it.
You cannot go back and claim you dont like the plea deal, after pleading guilty. I dont think that is how this works.
” Why are their actions being ignored? “
We all know
No one should be surprised. Roberts hates Trump and allowed all the illegal FISA stuff to get him.
Using that argument, I should be able to drive onto the local AFB. I can assure you…they won’t let you do that. I tried once.
Rights do not defend themselves.
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