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85. If anything, CU strengthened the first amendment. It certainly doesn't hurt the first

Reply to MrMickeysMom (Reply #81)

Sun Dec 28, 2014, 09:35 PM

Dec 2014

amendment case for striking down the law that is being used to prosecute this rapper.

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Rapper facing 25 years to life for lyrics [View all] marym625 Dec 2014 OP

One more important link IVoteDFL Dec 2014 #1

Thanks marym625 Dec 2014 #2

Ahh, but it is, in so many ways...Some of us are just now noticing it I think randys1 Dec 2014 #51

I don't mean just racism marym625 Dec 2014 #56

Statute of limitations run out on the CIA drug trade? Downwinder Dec 2014 #3

It surely hasn't run out on the banks laundering drug money. But no prosecution for that. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #5

It's disgusting. marym625 Dec 2014 #26

Oh but that helps the country, don't you know? marym625 Dec 2014 #24

This is bullshit! Enthusiast Dec 2014 #4

I just read that they are considering marym625 Dec 2014 #72

I'm Speechless Ryan Fitzomething Dec 2014 #6

It feels like it's coming to that marym625 Dec 2014 #17

A society that arrests people for profit can't be a good thing. Initech Dec 2014 #83

Bingo.. Crime is at it's lowest rates in 40 years yet prisons are more full than ever SomethingFishy Dec 2014 #84

This will eventually go nowhere. hifiguy Dec 2014 #7

No doubt this is not correctly applied. marym625 Dec 2014 #18

No way can the courts let this stand, if he's convicted LittleBlue Dec 2014 #8

The charges should be thrown out along with the Sludge and the DA. n/t 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #9

So when I read this: mountain grammy Dec 2014 #10

I do. That's why I posted it marym625 Dec 2014 #19

We have some seriously myopic DAs & prosecutors. MindPilot Dec 2014 #43

I have always thought San Diego was a pretty racist place randys1 Dec 2014 #52

Demonic Sand Diego Boreal Dec 2014 #60

So when are they going to charge Oliver Stone because some drug dealers like quoting Scarface? (etc) Electric Monk Dec 2014 #11

Yet some question sarisataka Dec 2014 #12

I don't understand your point marym625 Dec 2014 #27

I believe free speech should be free sarisataka Dec 2014 #40

completely misunderstood what you meant marym625 Dec 2014 #41

Under California's anti-gang law, shouldn't some of the bankers who laundered money for JDPriestly Dec 2014 #13

Nope. just the black rapper marym625 Dec 2014 #20

Depends, are they black? Takket Dec 2014 #37

Nope. Not Hispanic either. I guess they are OK then. sarcasm. JDPriestly Dec 2014 #39

Outrageous! 1monster Dec 2014 #14

California is collapsing in on itself. DeSwiss Dec 2014 #15

Thank you marym625 Dec 2014 #21

Thank You For Sharing The Chomsky You Tube Video cantbeserious Dec 2014 #30

Don't blame the Guv Cartoonist Dec 2014 #36

Jerry Brown is better than all republicans combined times ten million randys1 Dec 2014 #53

Let's send all the gun and bullet manufacturers to prison Takket Dec 2014 #38

Sheer brilliance! JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #77

Kind of a nasty broad brush there. MindPilot Dec 2014 #42

Kick and R. BeanMusical Dec 2014 #16

K&R NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #22

2nd link: treestar Dec 2014 #23

One of the links marym625 Dec 2014 #28

It's definitely a stretch if they are saying that's how they assign him as gang member treestar Dec 2014 #46

Here is the actual law: Vattel Dec 2014 #64

Thanks for posting marym625 Dec 2014 #71

You are very welcome. Vattel Dec 2014 #73

It's frightening. marym625 Dec 2014 #74

"When you start convicting everyone for everything that is near them, you make everyone criminals." Vattel Dec 2014 #75

I said it before and I will say it again, marym625 Dec 2014 #76

That has at least three elements to prove treestar Dec 2014 #82

So, can we throw the SCOTUS in jail now? MrMickeysMom Dec 2014 #25

wouldn't that be nice! n/t marym625 Dec 2014 #29

This case hasn't gone to the SCOTUS, or reached any verdict at all. Silent3 Dec 2014 #80

Try to understand the connection I was attempting to make... MrMickeysMom Dec 2014 #81

If anything, CU strengthened the first amendment. It certainly doesn't hurt the first Vattel Dec 2014 #85

How can ANYONE say that Citizen's United strengthens the first amendment? MrMickeysMom Dec 2014 #86

Signed the Petition Thespian2 Dec 2014 #31

It sure does not. Thank you! marym625 Dec 2014 #34

amerikkka heaven05 Dec 2014 #32

We haven't lived in marym625 Dec 2014 #35

Not since the Iroquois Confederacy Sweeney Dec 2014 #45

yep. marym625 Dec 2014 #47

Gives me ten on you. Maybe. Sweeney Dec 2014 #49

You can feel it every where marym625 Dec 2014 #54

I know; and I am not your sensitive man sort of man. Sweeney Dec 2014 #57

The government has not fail because of the Constitution marym625 Dec 2014 #59

The constitution is a dying contradiction Sweeney Dec 2014 #61

That is effed up. AtomicKitten Dec 2014 #33

People do not have the right to free speech. Sweeney Dec 2014 #44

If any property answers, please let me know. marym625 Dec 2014 #48

I read you dossier Sweeney Dec 2014 #50

Bravo! and thank you. marym625 Dec 2014 #55

You are entirely welcome. Sweeney Dec 2014 #58

I seriously want to try this for a sociological experiment: Initech Dec 2014 #62

Very true. marym625 Dec 2014 #63

The law is manifestly unjust. If I were a jury member at his trial, Vattel Dec 2014 #65

It sure is. marym625 Dec 2014 #66

Expect no less from a fascist nation mb999 Dec 2014 #67

Yep. marym625 Dec 2014 #68

i thought collective punishment was considered a war crime Ramses Dec 2014 #69

Not even association. Nothing at all associates him with the shootings. marym625 Dec 2014 #70

Incredibly cynical and self-serving misuse Feral Child Dec 2014 #78

I hope so marym625 Dec 2014 #79

Cool! Feral Child Dec 2014 #87

Just a note, for those reading and followign this case nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #88

Thank you for this marym625 Apr 2015 #89