How far can another person's freedom take them? Where is the
line drawn from one person's rights to another's?
The famous case Snyder vs. Phelps is a classic example of
determining where the law that is supposed to protect citizens can interfere
with laws to protect others. The First Amendment grants freedom of speech to
all citizens, but how vulgar, offensive and obscene can that speech be before
it imposes on another person's boundaries, freedoms and personal space.
According to this Supreme Court ruling yelling obscenities in the presence of a
deceased loved one's family at a military funeral is constitutional. The court
may believe that this is constitutional, but is it moral? Possibly the United
States does not have a moral constitution. Our constitution does not draw the
line as to where one person’s freedom ends and another begins. This is the
reason why we have a Supreme Court; to define those boundaries and interpret
our Constitution. But what if the people disagree with the verdict, where is
our say? In the eyes of public opinion Snyder is the winner.
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