[Mo1]

They are disgusting slugs, but when did the 1st Amendment start prohibiting speech we don’t agree with? This isn’t like the case of shouting fire in a crowded theater. Public safety isn’t at risk, nor is Fred Phelps advocating (to my knowledge) illegal activities. Opinions?

IIRC .. this was a civil suite case and not a governement case

[Bigh4u2]

“IIRC .. this was a civil suite case and not a governement case”

You are correct.

And the First Ammendment and ‘free speech’ have nothing to do with it.

If this were the Government sueing the Phelps, that would be a different story.

No ‘free speech’ violations occurred in this case.

[CitizenUSA]

Mo1 wrote: “this was a civil suite case and not a governement (sic) case.”

Please explain. Do you know how the jury arrived at the $11 million amount? Unfortunately, the article doesn’t have a lot of the legal details.

[Non-Sequitur]

IIRC .. this was a civil suite case and not a governement case.

It was. It was tried in federal court because it was a matter between people from different states.