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Expressing your first amendment right to protest is not “almost anything.” Historically, courts have taken very dim view of government retaliation for first-ame
by necubi 8mo ago
Expressing your first amendment right to protest is not “almost anything.” Historically, courts have taken very dim view of government retaliation for first-amendment protected activities.
- ottah 8mo agoIt's trivial for the state to punish you and nearly impossible to assert your own rights. It is a very hard legal battle to get those rights acknowledged and upheld by the courts.
- JumpCrisscross 8mo ago> nearly impossible to assert your own rights. It is a very hard legal battle to get those rights acknowledged and upheld by the courts What are you basing this on? This administration is constantly losing in court.
- SilverElfin 8mo agoThey mean it’s costly - in time and money - so in practice random individuals who are abused by the government can’t defend their rights and simply have to accept losing them. Plus even if the administration loses, why would they care? They aren’t going to jail for those losses.
- JumpCrisscross 8mo ago> They mean it’s costly Which is far from “nearly impossible.” > even if the administration loses, why would they care? They aren’t going to jail Neither is someone whose TSA PreCheck is revoked.
- NotSammyHagar 8mo agoThey lose but ignore that they have lost, just keep going, the courts aren't shutting them down very effectively.
- JumpCrisscross 8mo ago> They lose but ignore that they have lost The way this comment ignores that the administration has not been held in contempt by the Supreme Court?
- bdangubic 8mo agonor will they. the scotus is just an extension of one of the two political parties these days and for foreseeable future