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Roll bloat - more oppressor vs. oppressed

by steveegg @ 6:45 on March 18, 2008. Filed under Politics, The Blog.

First, I have to give a shout-out to Free Whitewater. The proprietor, who goes by the nom de blog John Adams, has been rather controversial in local politics, so much so that the police chief of Whitewater, James Coan, with the blessing of City Manager Kevin Brunner, used city resources to try to unmask and silence Adams.

Needless to say, Messrs. Coan and Brunner, along with Whitewater Police Detective Tina Winger, have earned their departments not-exactly-honored spots on the Harrassers In Government portion of the roll for ignoring Article I, Section 3 of the Wisconsin Constitution.

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3 Responses to “Roll bloat - more oppressor vs. oppressed”

  1. Headless Blogger said on March 18th, 2008 at 7:51:

    Section 3? Help me out.

  2. steveegg said on March 18th, 2008 at 8:04:

    Article I, Section 3 of the Wisconsin Constitution:

    Every person may freely speak, write and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right, and no laws shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libel, the truth may be given in evidence, and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous be true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.

    The reason why I specified the Wisconsin Constitution is that the 1st Amendment to the federal Constitution is properly applied only to the federal government (not that that particular view has a wide audience in even the legal world).

  3. Headless Blogger said on March 18th, 2008 at 8:05:

    Got it. I need to learn to read.

    Thanks.

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