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Supreme Court Justice Breyer Open to Banning Koran Burning
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 | Kristinn

Posted on 09/14/2010 6:19:55 AM PDT by kristinn

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has expressed a willingness to ban protesters from burning the Koran as the modern day equivalent of shouting fire in a crowded theater.

The Supreme Court has ruled burning the American flag in protest is protected speech under the First Amendment of the Constitution.

Breyer spoke to George Stephanopoulos on ABC's Good Morning America today:

But Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer told me on "GMA" that he's not prepared to conclude that -- in the internet age -- the First Amendment condones Koran burning.

“Holmes said it doesn’t mean you can shout 'fire' in a crowded theater,” Breyer told me. “Well, what is it? Why? Because people will be trampled to death. And what is the crowded theater today? What is the being trampled to death?”

Breyer is promoting his new book, Making Our Democracy Work.

Breyer was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1994 by President Bill Clinton.


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To: bamahead

Have Koran sales increased dramatically lately and does Amazon sell mathces?


321 posted on 09/14/2010 12:42:57 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Double your income... Fire the government)
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To: kristinn

No, no, no, a thousand times NO.

Unless burning the American flag becomes illegal again.
Unless burning Christian Bibles becomes illegal again.
Unless saying prayers before football games becomes legal again.

I could go on and on.


322 posted on 09/14/2010 1:32:00 PM PDT by pillut48 (Whenever O says, "Let me be clear," you know what is to follow is a bunch of nuanced BS!)
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To: kristinn

Pastor who threatened to burn Qurans received tax break from St. Tammany?

http://www.wwltv.com/video?id=102827114&sec=554607


323 posted on 09/14/2010 1:48:33 PM PDT by diji (IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS, PLEASE, FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM !)
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To: kristinn

“First Amendment doesn’t condone”

This doesn’t compute. I was unaware the Constitution “condoned” anything. It PROTECTS and PROVIDES a great deal, but a value judgment is required to condone something. Either something is free speech or it is not, it is not a matter of approving of the message.


324 posted on 09/14/2010 2:11:30 PM PDT by HushTX (Numbers 11:18-20)
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To: kristinn
The man is sick.
326 posted on 09/14/2010 2:15:32 PM PDT by curiosity
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To: kristinn
Hmmm. Sounds like him.

He is the SCOTUS who voted against Dr. Paul Schenck (now Father Paul Schenck) in a case where it was claimed that Dr. Schenck blocked access to an abortion clinic by offering a woman a Bible.

The vote was 8-1 in Dr. Paul Schenck's favor.

327 posted on 09/14/2010 2:24:34 PM PDT by topher (Let us return to old-fashioned morality - morality that has stood the test of time...)
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To: misanthrope

ditto


328 posted on 09/14/2010 2:26:30 PM PDT by Taggart_D
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To: kristinn
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has expressed a willingness to ban protesters from burning the Koran as the modern day equivalent of shouting fire in a crowded theater.

Equating Muslims with irrational uncontrollable crowd behavior. (actually it fits, but we shouldn't cower from them)

Liberals are scared little wimps. They are not capable of running a great nation, that requires guts and nerve; the ability to play poker with despots without flinching.

No ban on Koran burning without bans on Bible, Cross, and US Flag burning.

329 posted on 09/14/2010 3:05:59 PM PDT by SteamShovel (UTOPIA...Isn't)
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To: MrB

“They are admitting that they only respect the threat of violence.”

That’s exactly right.

Next time an “artist” designs “Piss Christ,” Christians need to burn the art museum down, kill a few thousand liberals, hang a supreme court judge and blow up an airport.


330 posted on 09/14/2010 3:26:20 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: PA-RIVER; All

331 posted on 09/14/2010 3:43:58 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Planning on using 911? Google "Brittany Zimmerman")
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To: Concho; All

332 posted on 09/14/2010 3:45:21 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Planning on using 911? Google "Brittany Zimmerman")
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To: ExSoldier

I’ve got same paperclips for helicopters philosophy.....kept me alive . Red tape is get wussies...:o)


333 posted on 09/14/2010 4:22:11 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: kristinn

Don’t burn Korans, nuke Mecca instead!!!


334 posted on 09/14/2010 4:37:45 PM PDT by reg45
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To: circlecity
So he’s saying that if other religions want equal superior rights they must go on violent, murderous rampages every time their sensibilities are offended.
335 posted on 09/14/2010 4:42:13 PM PDT by reg45
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To: Dr. Eckleburg; xzins; blue-duncan
And if that guideline is foisted on the internet, then how long before "hurt feelings" and "diminished self-esteem" are the same kind of "hurt" that prohibits free speech?

We are already there.

336 posted on 09/14/2010 5:18:29 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: kristinn

So I guess what need be done is to begin rioting when someone burns a flag, removes a cross from a memorial, removes prayer from schools, Christmas decorations from the public square, Christmas songs from school programs, heck even the name Christmas vacation from our kids school schedule. I think the point is, the “NORMAL” American citizen needs to get some muscle together and quit following the rules as written. They are only there for suckers and fools I guess.


337 posted on 09/14/2010 5:51:26 PM PDT by runninglips (Don't support the Republican party, work to "fundamentally change" it...conservative would be nice)
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To: P-Marlowe; Dr. Eckleburg; xzins

In a case I’m involved in in Federal Court here in Connecticut, the judge just ruled that just entering a church is an act of worship thus making all faith based programs unconstitutional.

I’m wondering if that will affect mail delivery.


338 posted on 09/14/2010 6:29:52 PM PDT by blue-duncan
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To: wagglebee
islam has conquered the US without a shot being fired.

May God have mercy on us all.

339 posted on 09/14/2010 8:12:10 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: blue-duncan; P-Marlowe; Dr. Eckleburg
just ruled that just entering a church is an act of worship

So when agents seized Indianapolis Baptist Temple a few years ago they were worshipping. So, when the building was given to the agents instead of the regular attenders is that the government preferring one group of worshippers over another?

340 posted on 09/15/2010 6:04:26 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and proud of it. Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
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