But you are protected by the First Amendment in front of the bench if the court is exercising viewpoint discrimination. The court can prohibit political expressions altogether, but it cannot allow only political expressions in support of particular causes. Once a government actor allows some political expression, the…

I agree that it’s not a slam-dunk for this attorney on appeal, but it’s not so clear that flag pins are exempt from scrutiny in the way that the First Circuit suggests military and religious accessories in the case you cite. (Indeed, expressly notes that “military and religious symbols, standing alone, do not…

That’s why I specified that I’m talking about political expression as understood within First Amendment jurisprudence. You can think of expressions of love or hate for the country as emotional statements; the First Amendment, though, views them as protected political speech.

“I love my country” is absolutely political expression (at least, within the context of First Amendment jurisprudence). Political expression isn’t limited to advocacy. For example, an upside-down flag is not a call for specific action on any particular policy, but an expression of the believe that the country is in…

Isn’t it, though? Isn’t an expression of support for the country just as much a political statement as an expression of criticism for the country? I realize that BLM isn’t a blanket condemnation of US policies, but let’s replace it for the sake of argument with an upside-down flag pin. If the judge allowed flag pins…

I agree that attorneys should act as close to transparent agents of their clients’ interests as possible while in the courtroom. I also agree that there’s no freedom of expression in the courtroom when it comes to dress. But if the judge, as he said, was allowing flag pins (which are, despite his protestations to the…

Well if her positions on legislation (i.e., the mechanisms by which society governs itself), as revealed through her votes, are irrelevant, it sounds like what’s at issue here isn’t the policies that the president will push Congress to enact (i.e., government) but how the president makes us feel. Which, I think, is…

What about her voting record? I mean, she and Sanders voted identically the vast majority of the time during their shared time in the Senate.

But why not just support Johnson in the first place, if one doesn’t care about Sanders’s policy positions and actually wants an unfettered free market? You’d be able to vote for policies you actually support while still opposing Clinton? Why pretend that you actually want progressive change?

I’m sure smelled fine. As the owner/possession of two cats who love putting their asses in my face, I assure you that catbut(ler) is pretty inoffensive.

I do not. I do not want to eat the poop. Ask me another one, I’ve got all the answers today.

He is doing his best, but primary Bernie took steps to prevent convention Bernie from accomplishing much in the way of unification. He (like Trump) campaigned a great deal on the idea that the primary system is rigged, such that a Bernie (or, in Trump’s case, Trump) loss would signal irredeemable systemic corruption.…

Bernie: “This is the real world that we live in.”

I don’t want to be “that guy,” but your handle misspelled “Boko Fittleworth.”

I hope Mister Bong voting for Johnson because Mr. Bong is a libertarian. Because I’ve seen a bunch of jilted Bernie supporters saying they’re voting for Johnson even though his policy positions are pretty much the directly opposed to Sanders’s in every respect, which makes me wonder why they were supporting Sanders…

I love the idea of there being a volume of poptarts that is appropriate only for industrial use. What industry would it be, and for what use? Fracking?

$10k also sounds low for the son, who appears to be the one who actually physically raped this woman.

I’m trying to decide which Blake Lively behavior Blaking would be.

Hey, wait a minute... was that a butt crack?

Would you say his conversation is more or less fixated on butts?