Morrow responds about Carlsbad heckler's veto suit

Posted Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 5:57 pm

State Rep. Bill Morrow held an anti-illegal immigration forum in Carlsbad a while back, and first the city tried to cancel it. They rescinded that after being threatened with a suit; at issue is whether a "heckler's veto" is able to block First Amendment rights. The event when through as scheduled, but Carlsbad then came back and sent Morrow a bill for security.

Morrow has in turn sued Carlsbad, and he says the suit is necessary to protect everyone's right to free speech. Details in this letter.

Comments

eh (not verified)

Fri, 09/16/2005 - 05:59

There could be a business opportunity here: create a private security operation, then arrange blowhard threats to disrupt some gathering, followed by an offer to provide security to the gatherees. I mean, if freedom of speech and peaceful assembly are going down a shithole because of this kind of intimidation, someone might as well make money out of it.