From: "P. J. Alling" > The first amendment: "Congress shall make no law... or abridging the > freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people > peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress > of grievances." This doesn't seem to cover meetings held on private > property where the owners can have idiots ejected or arrested for > trespass, simply by revoking their permission for said idiot to be > there. Secondly he didn't seem to petitioning the government, just > badgering a public official. The fact that the cops who were called > by the management over reacted is not per se a violation of the > idiots freedom of speech, certainly not by congress, or the state > government, .though he may have basis for an action against those > police officers for battery.
University of Florida - a state supported school, receiving funds from the US and state governments. SENATOR Kerry - a member of the US Congress, which IIRC is supposedly part of the United States Government. The young man was asking SENATOR Kerry why he conceded the election so quickly in the face of evidence of election fraud, clearly "political speech" which was the clear intent of the first amendment. While the amendment itself speaks to Congress, federal courts have for the last 200 years or so, held these prohibitions apply to all levels of government. You may be satisfied to see the US become a police state. I am not. > In Germany, they came first for the Communists, And I didn’t speak up > because I wasn’t a Communist; > > And then they came for the trade unionists, And I didn’t speak up > because I wasn’t a trade unionist; > > And then they came for the Jews, And I didn’t speak up because I > wasn’t a Jew; > > And then . . . they came for me . . . And by that time there was no > one left to speak up." > > Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
