Comments on: Ohio resident takes town to federal court for political yard sign restrictions

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Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:14:51 +0000

[...] can read some of the backstory here, but the gist is that others have raised this issue in the past, with no luck. I began to lobby for [...]

By: Jill Miller Zimon

Jill Miller Zimon — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:30:36 +0000

Hmm – that’s a good question, Harold I don’t know – forum shopping is still a time-honored practice. I don’t know enough about the case to say.

By: Jill Miller Zimon

Jill Miller Zimon — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:29:41 +0000

Chuck – that’s the whole point – my town DOES have better things to do than defend its interference in my free speech. I’m hoping to change that.

By: Jill Miller Zimon

Jill Miller Zimon — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:26:43 +0000

Ben – Agreed!

By: Harold Thomas

Harold Thomas — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:06:56 +0000

While I agree with Ben and Chuck, the real question for me is why this should be a Federal case? It is a violation of the Ohio Constitution (Article I, Section 11, which is similar to the First Amendment, but expands more on the definition of libel). It is indicative of how much our Constitutional system is out of whack when a case like this goes directly to Federal court. The system was designed to use the Federal courts only for matters outside the purview of the states, or when basic liberties were not upheld by State courts.

By: Chuck Butcher

Chuck Butcher — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:58:18 +0000

I sure can think of a lot of things more important for a town to do than interfere with my political speech…

By: Ben K

Ben K — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:02:42 +0000

I dont care if anyone puts 89 signs in their yard, I just dont want to see them laying around in December, half covered by snow.