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Monday, March 12, 2012

Criticize Government, Get Arrested!

A major civil liberties organization has filed a brief in a case heading to the U.S. Supreme Court that asks the justices to create a deterrent to government agents who would arrest individuals in retaliation for their speech.

The friend-of-the-court filing comes from the Rutherford Institute in the case Virgil D. Reichle Jr. and Dan Doyle vs. Steven Howards.

Howards was at a Colorado shopping mall with his son when he learned that then-Vice President Dick Cheney was there. Howards decided to approach Cheney and express his opposition to the war in Iraq.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

This idiots right to criticize ended when he touched the Vice President.

Anonymous said...

seriously.... joe, I hope you dont believe what the title implies. I am sure an obviously emotional/angry person "lightly touched" someone elses shoulder as they turn and walk away. clearly an assault... if someone did that to me they would be picking uo thier teeth.