Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Westboro Baptist

Westboro Baptist Church won the case in the U.S. Supreme Court in which they were being sued for 10 million dollars for protesting near a military funeral.

The ruling was 8-1 with the lone dissenter Justice Alito. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority-

“Speech is powerful. It can stir people to action, move them to tears of both joy and sorrow, and — as it did here — inflict great pain. On the facts before us, we cannot react to that pain by punishing the speaker,”

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