Coulter Jokes About Poisoning Justice

[FormerRepublican]

"LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Conservative commentator Ann Coulter, speaking at a traditionally black college, joked that Justice John Paul Stevens should be poisoned.

Coulter had told the Philander Smith College audience Thursday that more conservative justices were needed on the Supreme Court to change the current law on abortion. Stevens is one of the court's most liberal members.

"We need somebody to put rat poisoning in Justice Stevens' creme brulee," Coulter said. "That's just a joke, for you in the media."

Coulter has made a career of writing and lecturing on her strongly conservative views."

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Republican values on display again. Them: If you disagree with someone else's values, kill them.

What a revolting bag of disgusting bones Coulter is! And she better hope no one takes her up on her suggestion or she'll be sitting in jail for inciting violent crime.

[Earth_First]

1. Hahaha...um, ha...

...ha?

[long_green]

2. you can't say we're not making progress

at least she had to say she was joking.:eyes:

[KingFlorez]

3. She's not kidding

She should be put on wiretap for talk like that. Republicans are willing to kill people to get what they want. And what was she doing at a black college?

[Mr_Spock]

4. She's basically daring the Dems to take out one of the three

RW idealogs. That's the way I see it. She thinks she can stir up the Dems by saying stuff like that. I wonder which side will be the first to actually do something crazy.

[LynneSin]

5. I think rat poisoning could be very useful

of course I'm thinking for her not any supreme court justices

:hide:
(just kidding.........maybe?)

[w13rd0]

9. Have you seen that withered hag?

She's obviously been on a steady diet of piss and arsenic for years now.

[chat_noir]

19. WARNING - big Mann Coulter pic

Now, which of the two has the larger Adam's apple?!

[stepnw1f]

6. More GOP Hate Speech=Terrorism

Don't play it off as if you are stupid... you know very well what your hate speech incites.

[tanyev]

7. If one of us made a "joke" like that about Bush or Cheney,

the Secret Service would show up at our door pretty quick.

[zbdent]

10. a la

the "B u r n i n g" Bush case . . .

[oldtime dfl_er]

8. Coulter has made a career of

writing and lecturing about hate.
http://www.cafepress.com/scarebaby/1097640

[LincolnMcGrath]

11. Moral High Ground My A**

What an ignorant coke whore.

[kurth]

12. Advocating violence against judges is a GOP tradition

DeLay did it. Cornyn did it.

[Tamarin]

13. Her *joke* is not funny.

So, now we can all call for someone to be killed as long as we claim it is a joke?

[yodermon]

14. She's NOT kidding. Here's what will happen.

supposing Dems filibuster:
1) Dem's filibuster
2) Repukes nuke the filibuster for judicial nominees
3) Alito gets approved
4) John Paul Stevens and/or Ginsburg is assassinated by the VRWC before 06 midterms.
5) * can appoint anyone he damn well pleases, and will do so.

That's why Frist is all like "bring it on" for the filibuster, so he can nuke it, and for a reason.

[daleanime]

15. Why act surprized?

Coulter knows why she making the big bucks. Every once and awhile she got to say/do something like this or people will stop paying(attendsion and $).

[Peace Patriot]

16. Um, I believe that threatening to kill someone is a felony, is it not?

As is calling for someone to be murdered (?) Not to mention it being an act of terror.

Or it may be a felony only when the threat is to a public official--and I imagine that a Supreme Court justice would qualify as one of the highest. At the least, I think it requires an FBI investigation.

Her trying to pass it off as a joke "for you in the media" is in truth an effort to telescope the threat to Justice Stevens, to make sure he hears about it--so as to intimidate him in the performance of his office--and to inspire someone to take a shot at him or some other effort at killing him.

I can't remember what the crime is called. Anyone?

[MadMaddie]

18. Back in the day...

Hi Peace Patriot
When I studied law enforcement in Texas many years ago it was called a "Terroristic Threat" of course this was before 9/11 so I don't know what it's called now.

This has been a concern of mine for some time, these are "threats" to government officials why have charges not been filed against the likes of MAnne Coulter?

[daleanime]

17. Why act surprized?

Coulter knows why she making the big bucks. Every once and awhile she got to say/do something like this or people will stop paying(attendsion and $).

[FreedomAngel82]

20. What a freakin bitch

Nobody challenges her or her vile shit. Just like Bill O'Reilly.

[bryant69]

21. Ha ha ha ha ha

Funny! Gosh those Republicans are hilarious.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[yurbud]

22. she won't go to jail if someone does it, she'll get Presidential Medal of

Freedom.

[Initech]

23. Further proof that Coulter is a cold-hearted bitch.

[Catrina]

24. And she is really skirting the law imo. It may come down to whether or

not, Justice Stephens believes (as a reasonable person) that he was being threatened. I'm not a lawyer, but if someone made that statement, in public, about me or anyone I care about, and considering the political climate, I would definitely take as a threat.

Here's a case that deals with this kind of thing ~


Additionally, the goal, although not rising to the level of extortion, may be the furtherance of a political objective. For example, in United States v. Kelner , 534 F.2d 1020 (2d Cir. 1976), the defendant threatened to assassinate Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), during a news conference. Kelner claimed that his sole purpose in issuing the threat was to inform the PLO that "we (as Jews) would defend ourselves and protect ourselves." Id . at 1021-22. Although Kelner's threat was not extortionate, he apparently sought to further the political objectives of his organization by intimidating the PLO with warnings of violence.

Finally, a threat may be communicated for a seemingly innocuous purpose. For example, one may communicate a bomb threat, even if the bomb does not exist, for the sole purpose of creating a prank. However, such a communication would still constitute a threat because the threatening party is attempting to create levity (at least in his or her own mind) through the use of intimidation.

The above examples illustrate threats because they demonstrate a combination of the mens rea with the actus reus. Although it may offend our sensibilities, a communication objectively indicating a serious expression of an intention to inflict bodily harm cannot constitute a threat unless the communication also is conveyed for the purpose of furthering some goal through the use of intimidation.

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=6th&navby=case&no=970036p



I think most of those elements exist in all of Ann Coulter's supposed 'jokes'. She intends to intimidate. One that isn't included there is that she may be causing another person to act on her 'joke'.

[Rocknrule]

25. When her words cause the next OKC bombing

will she be held responsible?
No, she will probably be hailed as a great American patriot

On the other hand, if some Michael Moore fan commited an act of violence (which is highly unlikely), you know what would happen to him...

[Swamp Rat]

26. So, the Succubus speaks in public again...

:eyes:

[SmokingJacket]

27. Death threats aren't funny. They aren't jokes.

That's a whole other category of speech, and it's one that isn't covered by the 1st amendment.

[baby_mouse]

28. Shrug.

I suppose she's feeling a bit left out... nobody's said anything about her here for a while.

Probably her parents ignored her too much as a kid.

[bush_is_wacko]

29. IN today's climate this should be considered a SERIOUS threat

Judges are being whacked all over the country for their rulings and someone threatening a Supreme Court justice should be arrested for inciting violence.

May Coulter be pelted with pies yet again for her lunacy. Of course it is hard to hit a nearly non-existent target like that. I can't believe he/she/it is still able to walk and talk at that grotesque weight!