The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the stalking conviction of a Colorado man who sent hundreds of unwanted Facebook messages to a female musician, ruling that state prosecutors had not shown that he was aware of the "threatening nature" of his statements.
  • HelixDab@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Justice Amy Coney Barrett, in a dissent to the ruling joined by fellow conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, wrote that the decision “unjustifiably grants true threats preferential treatment.”

    …What the fuck? Am I taking crazy pills? In what fucking world do Thomas and Barrett advocate for a sane and rational approach to anything?

    • socphoenix@midwest.socialOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Turns out the Writer’s Guild strike affected the real world’s script too… the scabs currently working on the script of life are very confused about how things are supposed to go.