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Protesting in a way that's purposely trying to be intimidating to people around them. must be nice. if you work at that court, have a little breathing room from that. you can safely get in and out of your workplace without either the intimidation fears or the safety fears or just the hassle or stress. for the people responsible for keeping the justices, themselves, safe, it must be a great relief to them to have that buffer zone outside that courtroom. that no-protest zone. the supreme court has also upheld buffer zones, no-protest zones outside polling places on election days. you can do all ...

Now to get into the court sort of on the side of the front of the court. in order to even get to that little piddly entrance, to get anywhere near it, you have to cross this grand marble public plaza outside the supreme court. it's like 100 feet by 250 feet. this big oval-shaped plaza. and the supreme court has decided for itself that the whole public plaza, that whole big marble expanse, is a safety zone. it's a buffer zone. you cannot be there. you cannot walk across it if you need to get somewhere. but no matter how strong your feelings are about something going on, or being debated or deci...

Interesting to me looking at the history of how massachusetts has tried to deal with the issue about danger at clinics and protests at clinics, is that massachusetts did, in 2000, governor cellucci, republican governor, i believe, signed a law that created a different buffer zone, one more like colorado's which at this point is still standing according to the supreme court. that was sort of a moving buffer zone around individuals as they tried to get in and out of clinics rather than just a fixed space that was a no-protest area. why didn't that work? why wasn't that perceived to be working in...

Whatever reason, there are people who believe that, the supreme court affirmed in 2011 that you do have the right to do that, however odious your speech is, you have a right to that speech. but the loved ones of this fallen service member, they also have a right not to be harassed and terrorized as they attend the funeral of that person who they love. a no-protest zone, a buffer zone can be established at those kinds of events. and, yes, the first amendment survives even that. i mean, the supreme court in its own interest, and in the interests of these other settings and activities, they have ...

Intimidating to people around them. must be nice. if you work at that court, have a little breathing room from that. you can safely get in and out of your workplace without either the intimidation fears or the safety fears or just the hassle or stress. for the people responsible for keeping the justices, themselves, safe, it must be a great relief to them to have that buffer zone outside that courtroom. that no-protest zone. the supreme court has also upheld buffer zones, no-protest zones outside polling places on election days. you can do all sorts of things to make your political preferences...