Another story from the web:Dispatch From the Porn Belt
In California (Gore by 11.8%; Kerry by 9.98%), a San Diego police officer ''made a video showing himself stripping off a police uniform and masturbating,'' according to the U.S. Supreme Court. ''He sold the video on the adults-only section of eBay.'' When San Diego police officials found out, they fired him. Naturally, he sued.
In January, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (link in PDF) ruled in favor of the licentious lawman, identified in court documents only as ''John Roe'' (no relation to Norma McCorvey). In a decision by Judge Raymond Fisher, a three-judge panel ruled 2-1 that police self-abuse is constitutionally protected free speech.
Yesterday the Supreme Court (PDF) unanimously struck down this ridiculous ruling and held that the SDPD had acted within its rights when it discharged ''Roe.'' Which leaves the question: Where did the Ninth Circuit come up with these two wacko judges? We checked, and it turns out that Judge Fisher was appointed by President Clinton and Judge Dorothy Wright, who concurred, got her job from President Carter. (Dissenter Kim Wardlaw is also a Clinton appointee.)
Remember this the next time someone says Republican judges are ''outside the mainstream.''
The legacy of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in California continues.
By TMM
In California (Gore by 11.8%; Kerry by 9.98%), a San Diego police officer ''made a video showing himself stripping off a police uniform and masturbating,'' according to the U.S. Supreme Court. ''He sold the video on the adults-only section of eBay.'' When San Diego police officials found out, they fired him. Naturally, he sued.
In January, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (link in PDF) ruled in favor of the licentious lawman, identified in court documents only as ''John Roe'' (no relation to Norma McCorvey). In a decision by Judge Raymond Fisher, a three-judge panel ruled 2-1 that police self-abuse is constitutionally protected free speech.
Yesterday the Supreme Court (PDF) unanimously struck down this ridiculous ruling and held that the SDPD had acted within its rights when it discharged ''Roe.'' Which leaves the question: Where did the Ninth Circuit come up with these two wacko judges? We checked, and it turns out that Judge Fisher was appointed by President Clinton and Judge Dorothy Wright, who concurred, got her job from President Carter. (Dissenter Kim Wardlaw is also a Clinton appointee.)
Remember this the next time someone says Republican judges are ''outside the mainstream.''
The legacy of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in California continues.
By TMM
