U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law
Jan. 26, 2013
Smoldering embers in Belfast may soon reach US justices
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether to hear a different controversy arising from the Troubles, Moloney v. United States, a case which pits First Amendment rights against the investigative powers of foreign law enforcement.
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John M. DeStefano
By day, protestors turn out by the hundreds, waving flags and blocking traffic across the region. By night, bands of rioters take their place, wielding hatchets, bricks and petrol bombs against the police assembled to meet them. These riots, spurred by a decision to reduce the number of days the Union Jack flies at Belfast City Hall, have rattled the delicate peace process in Northern Ireland since early December. It has been 15 years since the Good Friday peace accord spelled the offici...
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