somebody posted this one before: Ashcroft v. Greenpeace

[julka]

obvious future implications......

Last year, two Greenpeace activists climbed aboard a ship carrying Amazon mahogany wood. They held a banner that said "President Bush: Stop Illegal Logging."

Instead of halting the shipment, the government is prosecuting Greenpeace in federal court in Miami. It has charged Greenpeace under an obscure 19th-century law never intended for this purpose. A trial is now set for December.

Leading legal experts, quoted in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and publications around the world, agree that this prosecution is disturbing and poses a threat to free speech.

From the Boston Tea Party to the civil rights movement, public protest actions have helped bring positive change in the U.S.

here

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=17073

[BallaFaseke]

1. Either remove the law or get charged under it

It may not seem right but it does seem like Ashcroft can and will legally charge them with a crime.

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[BallaFaseke]

3. I will

Too bad you will get this law repealed before we can use it against conservatives.

[julka]

4. "we?"

if I've misjudged, apologies