The Buffer Zone

[Timshel]

The points, about possibly less restrictive ways to achieve the goal have some merit.

Roberts is going to be the key and he has been quiet.

http://news.yahoo.com/justices-doubtful-mass-abortion-buffer-zone-law-162637436--politics.html

 

[Ishmael Pequod]

Because of several factors

#1. They think God/Zeus/Thor/Allah or the deity of the moment will be behind their cause, and they will win regardless of what that silly evil liberal supreme court does.

#2. Many of them cannot name a sitting supreme court justice.

#3. You started the thread in a rational, thoughtful, and fact base manor and they know their usual tactic of yelling, dunce, cockroach, and baby killer will make them look like the utter morons they really are.

Christophobic bigot. You're not a real Americans. Real Americans have tolerance of all religions. It's a part of our constitution.

 

[Ishmael Pequod]

What?

The rights of an individual can be violated by people other than the state and the purpose of government is to secure those rights.

Yeah, you care about the rights of everyone.

 

[StormX]

Anti-Free Speech Zones Used to Silence Pro-Lifers Could Come Back to Haunt Liberals

Ironically, a law championed by liberals could end up having dire implications for many liberal causes. Will Potter is a journalist and author of Green is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege, which chronicles the political, legal, and public relations strategies that threaten even acts of nonviolent civil disobedience. He told me that the Massachusetts bill, “is setting the precedent of applying this approach to the animal rights and environmental movements.” Despite being pro-abortion rights, Potter says of the abortion clinic buffer zone, “I would oppose these kinds laws [because] it’s about restricting speech.” He points out that, “Oregon passed a law to allow loggers to sue protestors who disrupt business using the same kind of language…it’s identical…to [the Massachusetts law].”

If the Supreme Court were to uphold the Massachusetts law, it’s not hard to imagine businesses lobbying to create zones where union members are not allowed to speak, but workers for the business are. Businesses could use the same logic used in McCullen: the picketers are disrupting business and upsetting customers. So, government, please silence them—even though they are standing on a public sidewalk.

Potter described how liberal activists have made this mistake before. He said, “Back in the late 1990s…Planned Parenthood was using RICO statutes against anti-abortion protestors. A lot of civil rights people were saying this is going to come back around to us and sure enough RICO has been used against animal-rights protestors. The [lawsuits] have failed, but it costs mountains of cash to defend against.”

In an interview, the First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams—who is a supporter of abortion rights—described the Massachusetts law as being “as bad as first amendment cases have gotten in a while.” He said of the liberal groups supporting the law, “They undervalue the First Amendment…and substitute political liberalism” as their guiding principle instead.

Read the rest...
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...lifers-could-come-back-to-haunt-liberals.html

That puts a twist on the law, be careful what you wish for.

 

[Canceled.2014.2]

....and while I am in favor of taking care of the environment, loggers have to log. I would agree with the Oregon law in this case.

 

[Granule]

The Republicans will likely ignore their deference to State's rights on this one, again, and also their support for such buffers around funerals and polling places. According to them you are not allowed to be black and stand near a polling place.

See, one need only read to this point to know that you are completely full of shit.

 

[Timshel]

See, one need only read to this point to know that you are completely full of shit.

How is that?

Bush signed the Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act which was sponsored by a Republican and voted for by every Republican but Ron Paul (only two Dems opposed it). That was a federal law that created a 300 foot protest buffer around cemeteries. This is a state law and only creates a 35 foot buffer.

The right wingers on here had a fit because there was a black man standing outside of a polling place in Philadelphia.

 

[StormX]

How is that?

Bush signed the Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act which was sponsored by a Republican and voted for by every Republican but Ron Paul (only two Dems opposed it). That was a federal law that created a 300 foot protest buffer around cemeteries. This is a state law and only creates a 35 foot buffer.

The right wingers on here had a fit because there was a black man standing outside of a polling place in Philadelphia.

Can you imagine the outrage if a white man was standing at a polling place looking like this...