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On Thursday the Supreme Court unanimously struck down a 35-foot protest-free “buffer” zone outside abortion clinics in Massachusetts. The justices ruled that the zone violates the First Amendment rights of protesters.
The Supreme Court “buffer zone”.
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wrenchwench Jun 26, 2014 9:48:33am |
If there were routine harassment outside religious-right churches, I'm sure Court would have found even massive buffer zones constitutional— Steve M. (@nomoremister) June 26, 2014
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missliberties Jun 26, 2014 10:07:01am |
Will this satisfy the pro-life crowd?
I don’t think so.
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SpikeDad Jun 26, 2014 10:47:10am |
Folks should read the intelligent comments at the linked TPM article. The ruling is narrow (court had issues with MA overreaching regulations about public property) and plenty of outs including commentary that localities can issue regulations if harassment is continuing.
Any ruling that unanimous I have to respect and consider that they know more about the Constitution than lay people like us.
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Kragar Jun 26, 2014 10:57:23am |
An absolutely terrible decisions by the Supreme Court.
What about the rights of the women who don’t want to be subjected to the protestors’ abuse?
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Rightwingconspirator Jun 26, 2014 11:02:35am |
Also worth noting-
Abortion rights supporters said it was ineffective, since they claimed it led to blocked entrances and a gauntlet of protesters surrounding patients and staff.
So will this invalidate buffer zones around the political conventions? I would think so.
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StephenMeansMe Jun 26, 2014 11:18:43am |
re: #2 missliberties
Will this satisfy the pro-life crowd?
I don’t think so.
They won’t be satisfied until they can just crowd into the operating room and block all the equipment.
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EPR-radar Jun 26, 2014 11:22:03am |
re: #4 Kragar
An absolutely terrible decisions by the Supreme Court.
What about the rights of the women who don’t want to be subjected to the protestors’ abuse?
Why the hell is something like this a 9-0 decision? That’s what I don’t get.
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team_fukit Jun 26, 2014 11:40:51am |
I can see the Court’s resistance to buffering people off of public property like sidewalks. But the existing law was in place because two people were shot and killed by a clinic protester.
It’s a shame that most zoning boards would probably prevent clinics from buffering themselves with private sector land purchases.
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Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut Jun 26, 2014 1:35:08pm |
As someone who used to volunteer as an escort at an abortion clinic, these are the conditions we worked under already. The harassment is evil and pernicious, but buffer zones are a problem—they’d be a problem around churches, too.
I do think that localities should regulate further to deal with specific situations, but broad-based prior restraint isn’t a good idea.
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KiTA Jun 26, 2014 3:49:08pm |
re: #5 Rightwingconspirator
Also worth noting-
So will this invalidate buffer zones around the political conventions? I would think so.
Those aren’t “buffer zones.” Those are “security perimeters.”
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Islamo-Masonic Conspirator Jun 27, 2014 2:31:31am |
re: #3 SpikeDad
Any ruling that unanimous I have to respect and consider that they know more about the Constitution than lay people like us.
This. If the results of this ruling are horrible, this reflects only on your Constitution, not on the SCOTUS.
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