Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Justice Breyer Says 1st Amendment Protection of Qur'an Burning Is Unclear

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, in an interview broadcast on ABC News Good Morning America yesterday, said that whether burning the Qur'an is protected by the First Amendment is still an open question.  He told interviewer George Stephanopoulos: "[Justice] Holmes said [the First Amendment] doesn’t mean you can shout 'fire' in a crowded theater. Well, what is it?  Why?  Because people will be trampled to death.  And what is the crowded theater today?  What is the being trampled to death?'