Posted on 04/28/2010 8:17:47 PM PDT by machogirl
William Ayers is Wyoming-bound.
We’ve kept you abreast of developments regarding the University of Wyoming’s attempt to ban controversial professor William Ayers from speaking on campus — an effort that led to a lawsuit filed by Denver attorney David Lane.
Yesterday, United States District Court Judge William Downes held a hearing in Casper at which the university claimed its actions were motivated by security concerns, not speech issues. But Downes didn’t buy that.
Moments ago, he delivered a ruling videoconferenced to Denver during which he ordered that Ayers be allowed to speak at the university tomorrow.
Downes cited a four-part test in his decision, ruling that Ayers’s free speech had been violated, that the university’s decision to bar him would cause irreparable harm, that his speech would be in the public interest, and that he can speak in the campus’s multipurpose gym. Although he said it’s unclear if the gym is a designated free speech area or a limited public forum, he determined that the point is moot because the school has no written policy establishing its status.
Regarding the security concerns, Downes said, “These fears were based on, at best, veiled or indirect threats and apprehension” — calling it a “heckler’s veto.” He stressed that “fear is not enough to override the First Amendment.”
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Bill Ayers deserves to be in the middle of a bog.
It would be nice if the FBI would get around to arresting Dohrn for the murder of the Police Officer. IMHO
Think of all the men who’ve died — relatives and ancestors of you and I, no doubt — just so this filthy excuse for a human being, not worthy to wipe a slug’s butt, can whine about his “free speech” being violated. Makes you sick, doesn’t it?
That would make a nice pic. Smirking, unrepentant terrorist, stuck in the bog.
In other words, because Tea Partiers are decent people who (in spite of the MSM's portrayal of them, aren't actually shooting people, slitting throats, slicing off heads, or burning cars, Ayers' speech should go ahead.
Yes. A terrorist, goes free, rises to the pinnacle of Chicago and the Presidents ear, being protected by the same Law Enforcement Institution that they bombed. Disgusting pile of Dung. IMHO.
Bill Ayers, “just a guy in the neighborhood” - Barry O’bomber
yep
A violation of the free speech rights of the university is okay - the violation of Ayer’s free speech right is a matter for judicial activism. Got it.
Quicksand would work too. (Sorry for picking on your mistake. Playing on it was a natural, however.)
I think that you have a grasp of the game.
Was He really “barred from Speaking”, or was the University trying to exit their offer to PAY him to Speak???
“Free Speech” and those that speak it; shouldn’t demand PAYment for their words.
Courts shouldn’t confuse Paid Speech with Free Speech.
We know he’s dirty............ ;)
Maybe some “student” could use this appearance to ask Bill Ayers (the unrepentant terrorist) if he wrote Barry’s book?
yes, that was the “guy from the hood” reminiscing about the “good times”.
‘’I don’t regret setting bombs,’’ Bill Ayers said. ‘’I feel we didn’t do enough.’’
Bill Ayers supports “Free Speech” and “Capitalism” for himself.
Bingo! Love it! But would anyone believe his answer? (Imagine the outrage by the MSM if they learned he lied when asked that question. Ok to bomb US facilities, not OK to lie!)
hope he gets the same treatment as ann coulter!
For some reason, I doubt it. I remember the reception she got in Tucson. Some communist thug rushed the stage and tried to throw a pie at her. I believe the “student” got off relatively “scott free”.
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