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U.S. Supreme Court

Oct. 8, 2010

Court Mulls Free Speech v. Protests

In one of the most hotly anticipated arguments of the new term, the U.S. Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with the question of whether the father of dead soldier should be able to sue members of an extreme religious group that picketed the funeral.

By Lawrence Hurley

Daily Journal Staff Writer

WASHINGTON - In one of the most hotly anticipated arguments of the new term, the U.S. Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with the question of whether the father of a dead soldier should be able to sue members of an extreme religious group that picketed the funeral.

But the hour-long argument provided few indications of how the case will turn out. The justices showed sympathy for the ...

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