Justice Alito offered the single dissenting opinion in the SCOTUS Westboro Baptist Church Decision.  Here are a couple of things he said…

Our profound national commitment to free and open debate is not a license for the vicious verbal assault that occurred in this case.

In order to have a society in which public issues can be openly and vigorously debated, it is not necessary to allow the brutalization of innocent victims like petitioner.

I agree whole heartedly with the spirit of Justice Alito’s opinion… which is not usually the case for me with his opinions.  However, even though I agree with the spirit of his opinion, I must also say I agree with the ruling of the court, which is contrary to his opinion.  This case is a microcosm of a great dilemma we face in America.

Let's hope that noone protests at the funerals!

Many of the tropes of classic anti-Semitism have been revived and given new force on the American right.

It seems like the P.C. Police are at it again, infringing on the God-given First Amendment rights of an insignificant Conservative talk show host. Dr.

Whole speech at link. Here's the meat of it:

"The simple fact is, this building is private property, and the owners have a right to use the building as a house of worship, and the government has no right whatsoever to deny that right. And if it were tried, the courts would almost certainly strike it down as a violation of the U.S. Constitution.

"Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic question: Should government attempt to deny private citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion? That may happen in other countries, but we should never allow it to happen here.

"This nation was founded on the principle that the government must never choose between religions or favor one over another. The World Trade Center site will forever hold a special place in our city, in our hearts. But we would be untrue to the best part of ourselves and who we are as New Yorkers and Americans if we said no to a mosque in lower Manhattan.

Tennessee's lieutenant governor, Ron Ramsey, has been asked to explain recent comments captured on video in which he suggested that Muslim Americans might not have a constitutionally protected right to worship in the United States.

Is this a freedom of speech issue-- or not?

Welcome to the surveillance society. That's what the American Civil Liberties Union concluded Tuesday with a report chronicling government spying and the detention of groups and individuals "for doing little more than peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights."

In the standard school, the principal, in demanding that the student not wear the swastika, would himself have been engaged in an act of bullying. He would have been using his superior power to inflict his will upon the student, who had no power in that setting.