It then ruled that the First Amendment does not apply “where a defendant creates unreasonably dangerous conditions, and where his creation of those conditions causes a plaintiff to sustain injuries.”
Did they just make it easier for Trump to be held accountable for Jan 6?
No, because Jan 6 happened under the jurisdiction of the DC circuit, not the 5th circuit.
Darn it. That is disappointing.
With Trump, everything is.
Removed by mod
Strong than even written. They actually make shit up that was never in there and attribute it to the 2nd ammendment.
Theres nothing illegal about armed demonstrations, why remove the comment? Protesting while carrying arms is explicitly legal under US law. There was no call to violence, no celebration of violence whats going on?
As an alternative my I suggest a general strike? I just think anything with guns should be a last resort.
do you have a link to that footage? im curious now.
There goes right to assembly. Freedom of speech up next. SCOTUS is systematically disassembling our Bill of Rights.
I wonder if they aren’t touching it because they want to address this question in context of considering Jan. 6. They don’t want to establish a ruling that could be used against Trump, so they are taking time to get all their ducks in a row.
I have no legal background so this is just idle speculation.
It’s more likely that they’re not touching it because they want to suppress African-American protests. [I am also not a lawyer]
why not both.
Clarence Thomas would vote against African American interests? Vanish the thought! /s
Tbh I already think that the fact that you have to get a goddamn permit for a protest is infringement. Imo our ability to organize, plan, and protest should be unbarred, not contingent on any sort of permit or paperwork.
Yep.
theres a reason i say the us is not a democracy.
That’s one step closer to dictatorship
So, when trump loses his reelection bid, and his cult takes to the streets…
What if he wins, and we can’t protest anything he does?
If the police show up it will either be too late or to protect their buddies.
Can we abolish the dog shit SCOTUS we have rn? These old bastards need to just keel the fuck over already.
The best option would be to increase its size — it was designed to have as many justices as there are appeals circuits, but the number of appeals circuits was rasied without increasing the size of the Supreme Court. Doing that will require electing a Democratic President and at least 50 willing Democratic senators (eg: a total of 55+ Democrats in the Senate)
Thomas could be indicted & arrested on corruption charges today, on facts that are publicly known about him.
However meritorious this might be, the Republicans would still have a 5-seat majority on the Supreme Court.
Oh oh oh, try using the names of Supreme Court members as the official organizer for any and all protests. Who’s going to stop you?
Everyone needs to leave these states. They don’t deserve you, the power or the money that comes from it all. Ghost towns and a couple of rich white dudes. Make plans and get out. The grass is greener.
Yesterday was the time to riot. Fascism is winning in grassroot red areas.
Never too late to riot. Just more dangerous
Well that’s to bad, I was busy yesterday
Mmm, freedumb!
But guys, once we get ranked choice voting it will fix everything. /s
I sure do love living here where I can’t save up money to leave because it’s too damn expensive to just exist. Guess we just have to bend over for our “democratic” Doms
