Constitutional Law,
U.S. Supreme Court
Oct. 24, 2009
A Blow for Freedom of Speech
Charles Doskow of the University of La Verne College of Law comments on Westboro Baptist Church's stance on homosexuality.
Freedom of speech is best tested by those whose speech is most obnoxious to an overwhelming majority of the population. When a court applies constitutional principles to prevent the suppression of unpopular, unpatriotic and bigoted speech, a blow for freedom has been struck.
The 4th U.S. Court of Appeals struck such a blow recently when it reversed a judgment against the Westboro Baptist Church for picketing the funerals of American servicemen. (Snyder v. Phelps, 580 F. 3d...
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