Student stopped from distributing Constitutions....On Constitution Day

by JASmius

If this isn't one of the 5 Big Stories tomorrow on Constitution Radio....(h/t Captain Ed)



Modesto, Doug - not exactly across the street from Murrieta/Temecula, but still close enough to be local.

thefire.org has more:

“The video of Modesto Junior College police and administrators stubbornly denying a public college student’s right to freely pass out pamphlets to fellow students—copies of the Constitution, no less!—should send a chill down the spine of every American,” said FIRE Senior Vice President Robert Shibley. “Worse, FIRE’s research shows that Modesto Junior College is hardly alone in its fear of free speech. In fact, one in six of America’s 400 largest and most prestigious colleges have ‘free speech zones’ limiting where speech can take place. This video brings to life the deeply depressing reality of the climate for free speech on campus.”

“Your right to engage in free speech in this country is not contingent on the contents of some bureaucrat’s binder, and the fact that two people on campus are currently speaking their minds doesn’t mean you can’t,” said FIRE’s Shibley. “Virtually everything that Modesto Junior College could do wrong, it did do wrong. It sent police to enforce an unconstitutional rule, said that students could not freely distribute literature, placed a waiting period on free speech, produced an artificial scarcity of room for free speech with a tiny ‘free speech area,’ and limited the number of speakers on campus to two at a time. This was outrageous from start to finish. Every single person at Modesto responsible for enforcing this policy should have known better.”

Reason ten billion and three why Mr. Gibbs has all those irons in the fire, plates spinning, chainsaws juggling, and Murphy an his ass like a wolverine on angel dust.

If y'all will indulge me in an adaptation of a Star Trek quote:

JASmius picked up his weapons from the platform, climbed the stairs, and stepped onto a transport pad.  Turning back, he said, "Victory against these odds will be almost impossible"

Gibbs narrowed his eyes.  "I wouldn't say impossible."

JASmius replied with a smirk, "I meant for Ken Calvert."