First Amendment, anyone?
 

Best Post of the Week.

hatch act
 

Letterman/Pekar fight was '88. Still think he was misinformed?

hatch act
 

The site I found explains what the law is now, not -- as far as I can tell -- what it was in 1988. I thought we were having a discussion about the Hatch Act as it applies these days. If you have been engaged in background research to better understand the Pekar/Letterman fight, I'm afraid I can't help you just now.

hatch act
 

according to your site is was amended to make it much looser in 1993.

hatch act
 

OK. If all the stuff you were saying about the Hatch Act was about a version that hasn't been the law of the land for 14 years, that may explain why your view of it did not correspond to mine.

When Do We Impeach Fredo?
 

McNulty resigns.

First Amendment, anyone?
 

What I don't understand is how a statute trumps the constitution. Certainly, what one wears is expression, no?

How did I miss this?
 

When did Bracewell & Patterson become Bracewell & Guiliani? (Answer: 2005; it's more of a rhetorical question).

First Amendment, anyone?
 

I believe Perdition is a suburb of Malvern, KS.

hatch act
 

I wasn't posting about the specifics, more the general. If the g can restrict speech that way for its employees then it can restrict how its medals are used. AND I think IP laws are similar.

When Do We Impeach Fredo?
 

so what?
and I just went and searched "McNulty" and none of you have ever mentioned him before. Did some blog tell you this was important or are you taking a shot in the dark that maybe it meant something?

First Amendment, anyone?
 

Are there any woman Colonels? Cause if there aren't, that might be unconstitutional. Assuming of coourse one could find a woman in Kentucky who would want to parade around in that silly white suit.

First Amendment, anyone?
 

I think this hypothetical proves too much. Clearly a law against grafitti would not be improper. However, a law that criminalized defacing a government building in the absence of laws protecting private property is a horse of a different color.

First Amendment, anyone?
 

Really?

The criminal laws (and sentencing guidelines) reflect all kinds of policy judgments. I think that is inevitable.

S_A_M

First Amendment, anyone?
 

I can. Though I don't think this is really relevant to the discussion.

I have to pay part of the cost of cleaning up the government building -- as does your widowed Aunt Minnie. Also -- that money could otherwise have gone to buy body armor for our troops in Iraq or to help spy on Iran's nuclear program.

So, bastards like "Cool Disco Dan" are putting American soldiers at risk when they deface American government buildings.

The societal harm is (even) more attenuated when he defaces private property.

The degree of punishment is just a value judgment -- like the different punishments for 1 oz of pot vs. powder cocaine vs. crack.

S_A_M

[eta: dammit Burger!]