[An.American.Expatriate]

What kind of pansy a** lawyers did these guys hire??? First Amendment rights??, Assembly etc...

This waste of time and money should have never even been considered. The judge was right to throw it out.

I am certain there are better arguments for contesting an outright ban on smoking than reverting to wild interpretation of the Bill of Rights.

[A Jovial Cad]

You're correct, it was pretty silly ground upon which to base the lawsuit. They should have gone upon the grounds of private property rights based in the "takings" clause of the Fifth amendment, IMHO. Or something, anything, more tangible than equating smoking with "free speech." This lawsuit was just asking to get dismissed upon such frivilous grounds.