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AkFemDem

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Mon Nov 2, 2020, 04:32 PM Nov 2020

The Supremes rule in favor of BLM and free speech

Justice Thomas dissents.

https://www.newsbreak.me/n/0XVLQP3z?pd=041XYzEG&lang=en_US&s=i0

“ The Black Lives Matter movement got a favorable ruling Monday from the Supreme Court.
The justices tossed out a federal appeals court decision that allowed a Black Lives Matter protest organizer to be sued by a police officer injured by an unknown assailant.
The 2016 incident in Baton Rouge, La., followed the shooting death of Alton Sterling by a white police officer, which triggered weeks of protests across the U.S.
The officer, identified as John Doe, was struck in the face by a rock. He sued DeRay Mckesson, a Black Lives Matter activist, on the theory that he “knew or should have known … that violence would result.”

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The Supremes rule in favor of BLM and free speech (Original Post) AkFemDem Nov 2020 OP
More good news! Thekaspervote Nov 2020 #1
The Supremes said STOP..... Elwood P Dowd Nov 2020 #2
In an unsigned order, the justices sent the case back down to the lower courts to further review elleng Nov 2020 #3
I laughed out loud at Thomas dissented. Nt BootinUp Nov 2020 #4

elleng

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3. In an unsigned order, the justices sent the case back down to the lower courts to further review
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 04:53 PM
Nov 2020

Louisiana law holding that before getting to important constitutional questions, more guidance from state courts is necessary.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett did not participate in the decision, the Supreme Court's public information officer said, because she was busy preparing for oral arguments. Justice Clarence Thomas dissented.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/02/politics/supreme-court-black-lives-matter-organizer/index.html

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