SCOTUS allows Westboro Baptist Church to continue their Mess

 The Supreme Court ruled in the Westboro Baptist Church's favor, allowing them to spew hate everywhere they go.


A Kansas church that attracted nationwide attention for its angry, anti-gay protests at the funerals of U.S. military members has won its appeal at the Supreme Court, an issue testing the competing constitutional limits of free speech and privacy.


The justices by a 8-1 vote on Wednesday said members of the Westboro Baptist Church had a right to promote what they call a broad-based message on public matters such as wars.


The father of a fallen Marine had sued the small church, saying those protests amounted to targeted harassment and an intentional infliction of emotional distress.


"Speech is powerful. It can stir people to action, move them to tears of both joy and sorrow, and– as it did here– inflict great pain," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote. "On the facts before us, we cannot react to that pain by punishing the speaker."
Okay, so I have the right to throw eggs and hot water on them too. I'm just voicing my broad-based message.

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Elena Kagan is finally Confirmed

Elena is now, for real! She will serve on the high court.

Chalk up another legacy for President Obama, as the Senate confirms Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan.
Kagan, who will be the fourth woman to serve on the high court after she is sworn in, won the job on a Senate vote of 63-37.
Currently the U.S. Solicitor General, Kagan has "earned her place at the top of the legal profession," said Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.
Kagan's background as a Supreme Court law clerk, as well as stints in the Senate and in the Clinton and Obama administrations, also gives her "experience in all three branches of our government," Leahy said. "This is unique."
Kagan watched the vote from her office at the Justice Department.
Only five Republicans voted in favor of Kagan's nomination. Last year, just nine Republicans voted for Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Obama's first Supreme Court appointee.
Congrats!!!


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