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	Main Forum - Breaking News - Search - Next Phelps wins in Supreme Court positively 03/02/11, 11:19 0 8-1 reversing the trial court's verdict awarding damages to the father of a soldier who's funeral was picketed by Phelps, with Alito dissenting. This is the second time Alito's dissented alone in a First Amendment case this year (the other one was US v. Stevens, where the court reversed a guy's conviction for selling dogfight videotapes under an animal cruelty statute). I still can't believe he replaced O'Connor. Next Reply - Reply With Quote Phelps wins in Supreme Court (positively) 03/02/11, 11:19 Is Alito braindamaged? (Slagathor) 03/02/11, 11:34 Dissenting opinion starts at page 23 of the pdf if you want to skip to it. (EsnRedshirt) 03/02/11, 11:54 I don't understand "fighting words" (Slagathor) 03/02/11, 11:59 Just read it; I'm not going to be tricked into defending Phelps or Alito. (n/t) (EsnRedshirt) 03/02/11, 12:02 Alito didn't rely on the fighting words doctrine (positively) 03/02/11, 12:11 more on fighting words (Justice Scalia) 03/02/11, 17:36 RE: more on fighting words (Jellyneck) 03/02/11, 20:22 RE: more on fighting words (Justice Scalia) 03/02/11, 21:28 Thanks (nt) (Jellyneck) 03/03/11, 10:29 RE: Dissenting opinion starts at page 23 of the pdf if you want to skip to it. (Knuckles) 03/03/11, 18:29 Sometimes, liberty means sucking it up. (nt) (Dr. Ayn Rand) 03/04/11, 20:46
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