Re: Bong Hits 4 Jesus
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This was the right decision in my opinion; the court established that Time, Place, and Manner restrictions can be used to curtail speech should there be a "legitament governmental interest" to do so. There is no question that a kid holding a sign that could easily be viewed as advocation of illegal drugs, right outside of a public school, should violate the Time, Place, and Manner restrictions.
Most of the opposition to this ruling is knee jerk and intelectually shallow in my opinion, I think this is a fine decision.
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If the kid had been advocating a change in the law, his speech would be protected. It would have been ok for him to unfurl a banner saying, “legalize drugs”.
Somehow, with this goofy new ruling, a distinction is made between advocating a change in the law and advocating illegal drug use. This new ruling applies to very limited forms of speech, i.e. speech about drugs.
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