Constitutional Law
Oct. 5, 2010
A Grave Matter of Vile Speech
The stage is set for the final battle between privacy rights and free speech in the military funeral protest case of Snyder v. Phelps, by Joerg W. Knipprath of Southwestern Law School.
"This case is about the intentional targeting of a grieving father by attention-seeking strangers." This thematic description by the petitioner in Snyder v. Phelps is difficult to beat. But the respondents turn in a credible effort themselves: "This case is about a little church in Topeka, Kansas, engaging in public speech on a public right-of-way, about issues of vital public interest and importance, over a tho...
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