F-bomb insult on speeding ticket is free speech, judge rules

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grumbler

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September 18, 2015, 07:31:11 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on September 17, 2015, 07:09:25 AM
Nah.  The clerk's an administrative employee of the judiciary, who just takes payment of fines and does other work at the courthouse.  It's likeliest that the traffic officer himself or herself would've represented the State in the original proceeding.

Really?  This little town had its own judiciary?  Because the story mentions that the complainants were town clerks.  County clerks are often elected (they are here) and also not employees of the judiciary.  I am sure that the court has clerks, but they'd not be involved in law enforcement, just administration of justice.

I could be wrong, though; we could ask a lawyer.
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Ideologue

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September 18, 2015, 07:43:52 AM
Hey, Valmy, remember what I said about Languish being a cesspool of negativity?
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September 18, 2015, 11:34:21 AM
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Barrister

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September 18, 2015, 11:35:29 AM
Quote from: grumbler on September 18, 2015, 07:31:11 AM
I could be wrong, though; we could ask a lawyer.

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Ideologue

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September 18, 2015, 11:51:15 AM
It's an important issue of our time.  You can certainly see why it would make him angry enough to intercede in a conversation that didn't include him to throw a cheap shot my way.
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Habbaku

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September 18, 2015, 12:44:02 PM
It's grumbler.
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