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8-0 SCOTUS Free Speech Win

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Sounds like cover for something More nefarious. ��
 
calamity said:
Redskins? OK. Slants? No problem. Trademarks of disparaging names will remain protected.

In Major Free Speech Victory, SCOTUS Rules for 'The Slants' and Strikes Down Federal Trademark Restriction - Hit & Run : Reason.com

Sounds fair to me. So, I am very happy to see all SCOUTUS judges, Left and Right, agree.

Come to my new restaurant: The Fur Burger.
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I'm all for the ruling also. Government in my opinion shouldn't be in the business of deciding what one can say or not or in this case trademark. Let whomever trademark whatever name or phrase they want. If it offends too many people, that business or band or whatever is bound to go out of business.

Let people decide what offends them or not. Keep government out of it.
 
Perotista said:
I'm all for the ruling also. Government in my opinion shouldn't be in the business of deciding what one can say or not or in this case trademark. Let whomever trademark whatever name or phrase they want. If it offends too many people, that business or band or whatever is bound to go out of business.

Let people decide what offends them or not. Keep government out of it.
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I agree. Right to free speech can only be violated by the government. Not private citizens. If I yell at someone expressing a boneheaded opinion, tell them to sit down and shut up, I'm not violating their right, I'm using my own.
Only the government can violate the right to free speech.
 
Just don't give these pathetically racist "businesses" public $$$ for new stadium, etc...

Hopefully we are smarter than that.

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"We now hold that this provision violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment," Alito wrote. "It offends a bedrock First Amendment principle: Speech may not be banned on the ground that it expresses ideas that offend."

THis right here is why alito is a rock star of a judge.

maybe someone should start telling out colleges and state law makers this.
 
Lutherf said:
If you can make money out of a restaurant called Fur Burger then more power to you.
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Actually that seems to be the point in Alito's delivered opinion: let the market decide, not government. IIRC, a chain of restaurants was once called Sambo's. That didn't fly after a while.
 
ludin said:
"We now hold that this provision violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment," Alito wrote. "It offends a bedrock First Amendment principle: Speech may not be banned on the ground that it expresses ideas that offend."

THis right here is why alito is a rock star of a judge.

maybe someone should start telling out colleges and state law makers this.
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This is not a sentiment exclusive to Alito. Freedom of Speech is well protected throughout our history. Besides, people who are offended by the Redskins' name are the same ones who would eventually be offended by the "Supreme" in "Supreme Court"--Why it is racist for them to act like they are so much better and smarter than everybody else!!! :2razz:
 
backpacker said:
This is not a sentiment exclusive to Alito. Freedom of Speech is well protected throughout our history. Besides, people who are offended by the Redskins' name are the same ones who would eventually be offended by the "Supreme" in "Supreme Court"--Why it is racist for them to act like they are so much better and smarter than everybody else!!! :2razz:
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Not to mention it was an 8-0 decision. Alito was just the guy who wrote the opinion, one that I am sure was shared by all 8 Supremes. It takes a certain level of simple minded thinking to believe that Alito stood alone on this.
 
calamity said:
Not to mention it was an 8-0 decision. Alito was just the guy who wrote the opinion, one that I am sure was shared by all 8 Supremes. It takes a certain level of simple minded thinking to believe that Alito stood alone on this.
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[emphasis added by bubba to make the following point]

“No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.”
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~ H. L. Mencken
 
Grand Mal said:
I agree. Right to free speech can only be violated by the government. Not private citizens. If I yell at someone expressing a boneheaded opinion, tell them to sit down and shut up, I'm not violating their right, I'm using my own.
Only the government can violate the right to free speech.
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I had to think about that for a couple of minutes and came to the conclusion you're correct.
 
What happened with Kagan, Sotomayor, and Ginsburg? I strongly suspect Trump's goons are coercing them in some way. It's disappointing to think they might side with white supremacy.
 
The slopeheadz will be next, to the top with a bullet!
 
WONDERFUL RULING! There's hope for SCOTUS yet! ;)
AtlantaAdonis said:
What happened with Kagan, Sotomayor, and Ginsburg? I strongly suspect Trump's goons are coercing them in some way. It's disappointing to think they might side with white supremacy.
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Kagan, Sotomayor, and Ginsburg tried something different this time around: THINKING. This is a form of behavior Progressives have eschewed for a half century by now. Which is why what they "suspect" and even moreso what they "strongly suspect" doesn't amount to a hill of beans. :)

d0gbreath said:
The slopeheadz will be next, to the top with a bullet!
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What is this, Liberal-speak? Or Very-Liberal-speak? It reads like nonsense, but seems to carry a threat of some kind.
 
AtlantaAdonis said:
What happened with Kagan, Sotomayor, and Ginsburg? I strongly suspect Trump's goons are coercing them in some way. It's disappointing to think they might side with white supremacy.
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The person who brought the case before the court is Asian.
 
AtlantaAdonis said:
What happened with Kagan, Sotomayor, and Ginsburg? I strongly suspect Trump's goons are coercing them in some way. It's disappointing to think they might side with white supremacy.
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How was this case about white supremacy?
 
calamity said:
Redskins? OK. Slants? No problem. Trademarks of disparaging names will remain protected.

In Major Free Speech Victory, SCOTUS Rules for 'The Slants' and Strikes Down Federal Trademark Restriction - Hit & Run : Reason.com

Sounds fair to me. So, I am very happy to see all SCOUTUS judges, Left and Right, agree.

Come to my new restaurant: The Fur Burger.
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I love how people are so up in arms about the Redskins, yet the supposedly offended race has more supporters for the name than detractors. If this kind of word usage should be banned then black people should no longer be allowed to used the word "nigger", particularly, and in keeping with the thread topic, in copyrighted material.
 
maquiscat said:
I love how people are so up in arms about the Redskins, yet the supposedly offended race has more supporters for the name than detractors. If this kind of word usage should be banned then black people should no longer be allowed to used the word "nigger", particularly, and in keeping with the thread topic, in copyrighted material.
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Well, since the case brought before the court was an Asian person wanting to use the term "Slant" in his copyrighted band name, I believe the Court completely agrees.
 
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