Musings from Brian J. Noggle: It's Only Tricky In 2007

Monday, December 03, 2007

It's Only Tricky In 2007

Here's an obvious Constitutional crisis in the making:

Either way, a two-story mural decrying eminent domain is testing the boundaries of the First Amendment, sparking a federal lawsuit that challenges the city's intricate zoning code.

At issue is a tricky constitutional dilemma — fighting clutter versus protecting free speech — that experts say could force St. Louis to rewrite its laws regarding outdoor signs.

When your basic Bill of Rights freedom runs counter to a municipal regulation applied to a political message advocating the limitation of government power, which should win? In 2007 America, apparently it's a toss-up. At least according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

- posted by Brian J. @ 4:35 AM

Comments:

Gosh, I must have missed the part of the Constitution about fighting clutter. D'ya suppose it's emanating in one of those penumbras I keep hearing about?

# posted by

Anonymous : Tuesday, December 04, 2007 10:19:00 PM

Actually, it precedes the Constitution; it's a traditional law where the leaders make their own rules and apply them to the peasants as they see fit.

# posted by

Brian J. : Wednesday, December 05, 2007 12:24:00 PM

Something about revolutions and the wall comes to mind...how does that go again? Oh, if only I could remember.

# posted by

gimlet : Thursday, December 06, 2007 10:05:00 PM

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