A Hypothetical for Next Year’s Crim Law Final Exam
Here’s a development that has Colorado prosecutors saying “oh crap” — quite literally. From the Rocky Mountain News:
A former Democratic Party activist who left dog feces on the doorstep of U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave’s Greeley office during last year’s 4th Congressional District campaign was found not guilty Wednesday of criminal use of a noxious substance.
So what happened? Did the prosecution fail to establish the element of noxiousness?
Ensz’s lawyers never denied that their client left a Musgrave campaign brochure full of feces at the front door of the congresswoman’s office. But they argued that Ensz was making a statement protected by free speech - the poop was a symbol of what she thought of Musgrave’s politics.“Her only intention of going over there was to make a political statement that Marilyn Musgrave’s politics stink,” attorney Shannon D. Lyons said after the verdict.
Is feces flinging the flag burning of the future?
Woman acquitted of illegal poop use [Rocky Mountain News]
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Thanks for the pic Lat. I'm glad I'm done with lunch.
The same could be said about your entire state, Hedges 4 3rd Cir.
You probably work for some dreadful Jersey firm. Or, worse yet, state government - the cesspool of Garden State politics.
The technical term for what was left on the doorstep is a blivit. (See http://www.blivit.com/whatsablivit.html)
I think the technical term is "dog shit." Also, how can dog shit be speech while campaign contributions aren't?
2:11 would win the prize for intelligent commentary... if that was actually the purpose of any of this!
Hedges 4 3rd. Cir.: Prick calling the kettle black?
If you're going to be a troll, at least be funny, like Loyola 2L and Gallion. Or maybe you lack that ability.
Now, please STFU. Thanks.
Hedges 4 3d Cir - you, sir, are a complete and utter d!pshit.
Gallion OUT!