Apparently, however, dancing in the Jefferson Memorial remains criminal:
More here.
UPDATE: As the article at Reason.com notes, these reprobates were at the Jefferson Memorial because of a recent D.C. Circuit case holding that there is no constitutionally protected right to dance in the Jefferson Memorial. Here's my favorite part of the opinion:
In creating and maintaining the Jefferson Memorial in particular, the government has dedicated a space with a solemn commemorative purpose that is incompatible with the full range of free expression that is permitted in public forums.Yes, you read that right: the most powerful appeals court in the land actually wrote that "the Jefferson Memorial [is] . . . a space . . . that is incompatible with the full range of free expression."
Whoa.
I will post a defense of the opinion later. As an aside, when did the DC circuit become the most powerful circuit court in the nation? I am pretty sure the Eighth Circuit can take them.
ReplyDeleteThis honor was bestowed by proclamation at around 10:15 last night, by me.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of that video is where the cop asks if there is a leader here? and the guy points to the Jefferson monument. Classic.
ReplyDeletethis ruling is particularly odd given that the Supremes have held that a funeral is a perfectly fine place to engage in all manner of reprehensible speech. Odd.
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