Supreme Court justices say military-base protester’s case isn’t about free speech
Source: Washington Post
John Dennis Apel, an antiwar protester arrested on a California military base for demonstrating in a spot set aside for public protests, thought he had a pretty good free-speech case for the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Most of the justices think otherwise — at least for now.
Members of the court repeatedly shut down Apel attorney Erwin Chemerinsky when he tried to raise Apel’s constitutional rights as part of the court’s consideration of a federal law that allows commanders to bar a person from a military base.
“You keep sliding into the First Amendment issue, which is not the issue” on which the court accepted the case, Justice Antonin Scalia said. “We’re only interested in whether the statute applies.”
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Speaking openly about controversial topics or demonstrating disagreement on
major issues is not free speech.
At least, not anymore.
That's just the way it is now.
Don't forget, this is America.
