ITS OUR RIGHT, either under god or god damn it, its ours... ----------------------------------------------------------------- [size=-1][/size] [size=-1][/size] [size=-1][/size] [size=-1]First Amendment:[/size] [size=-1]CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION, OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF; OR ABRIDGING THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, OR OF THE PRESS; OR THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE PEACEABLY TO ASSEMBLE, AND TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT FOR A REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES.[/size] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- “The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts. One’s right to life, liberty, and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly, and other fundamental rights may not be submitted to vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections.” — Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson
The case that sunk us was Thomas v Chicago Park District 534 US 316 (2002), which deals with a similar legal principles to Garrick, Joanie, and SP's '99 permit case. See http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/faclibrary/case.aspx?case=Thomas_v_Chicago_Park if you're really interested.
