Wis. GOPer Whose Home Was Picketed To Propose Bill Outlawing Pickets At Homes

[upstatecajun]

Wisconsin state Senator Van Wanggard, one of the Republican legislators whose home has been picketed in the political battle over Gov. Scott Walker's newly-passed law curtailing public employee unions, told the Racine Journal Times that he will be writing a new bill -- to outlaw picketing at private homes.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/03/wis-goper-whose-home-was-picketed-to-propose-bill-outlawing-pickets-at-homes.php











http://www.liberalohioan.com/index.html

[tridim]

1. Sorry asshole, you don't own the street and sidewalk too.

Deal with it.

[roguevalley]

20. unconstitutional. oh wait. they don't care.

[sakabatou]

22. They sure don't.

[Buzz Clik]

2. And he might be successful because the GOP controls Wisconsin.

Is anybody listening?

Keep pushing for our Dems to meet our agenda, but keep in mind the price of allowing the GOP to win it all.

[Myrina]

11. This week, maybe. After the recall ... all these 'laws' will be toast.

n/t

[Buzz Clik]

14. Yes, it seems that Wisconsin has realized the folly of their apathetic ways.

[Myrina]

15. That was sorta uncalled for ...

.... considering that the election wasn't a blowout and that the Koch-crew were pumping money hand over fist into the races that got the <R>'s elected ...

Don't shit on Wisconsinites & we won't shit on you. K?

[Scruffy1]

24. I am not shitting on you-but its the truth.

Walker got fifty two percent of the vote. So the voters need to own up to their mistakes and get their asses to work.
I have been in Madison organizing and what I found among labor leaders was shocking. Apathy, indifference, selfishness all come to mind. I refuse to buy that just because they got more money they win. Organization and inspiration can beat money. We all need to look in the mirror and own up to our own failings. That is the first step to building a better progressive movement.

[Buzz Clik]

25. You can shit all over my state -- Indiana. We are knuckledragger central.

Getting Indiana to swing for Obama in 2008 was a friggin' miracle. The same sort of miracle that allowed the GOP to take full control of Wisconsin.

[Scruffy1]

21. No they won't

Changing the Senate will not change any laws. The thugs still have the governors office and the Assembly. Shame on Wisconsin for voting them in.

[Old and In the Way]

3. Wait till they start 'reforming' election law!

[Blue Meany]

4. So that would be on the public sidewalk? Have these guys

ever heard of the rights of assembly and speech?

[WingDinger]

5. Lame ass Wang. You are a public figure. Quit and DON'T go To fox and we will leave you alone.

[Angry Dragon]

6. Free speech ......... I guess they don't like that either

[myrna minx]

7. LOL - and he want's to outlaw the color yellow, just because he can, dangnabbit.

Another State Senator is introducing a bill forbidding the discovery of various mistresses. :rofl: The ideas are endless.

[joeunderdog]

8. Time to picket.

What better reason to picket than an anti-picketing bill?

[coalition_unwilling]

9. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen (resign), you

chicken-shit motherfucker.

[dkofos]

10. Another fucking repube that doesn't have a clue about the Constitution.

[Xithras]

17. Depends on how they write it. Supremes have already upheld similar laws.

In Carey v. Brown (1980), the Supreme Court ruled that a law banning protests in residential areas was unconstitutional and overturned it as an imposition on free speech and assembly rights.

In Frisby v. Schultz (1988), the Supreme Court upheld a similar ban on protests against individual residences that was passed in Brookfield Wisconsin. The court stated that, while protests in residential areas are a legitimate, it's not reasonable to permit individuals to be protested against in their own homes.

So, according to current case law, you can march around the block, but you can't stand in front of someones house.

[sakabatou]

23. They think it's toilet paper

[Generic Other]

12. And they have never heard of the Westboro Baptists or Pro-lifer pickets

I would say that law would not be worth the paper it is written on.

[upstatecajun]

13. guess ohio is next

after tonight....check this out
There will be a rally and March to Ohio Governor Kasich's Westerville home This evening
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x652147

[Brickbat]

16. Keep pushing, people, because this is getting hilarious.

[Scurrilous]

18. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Raschel]

19. What happened to smaller government, or less gov't intrusion you teahead.

[bluestate10]

26. Stay out of his neighborhood and focus full energy on getting signatures to recall him. nt

[MadMaddie]

27. I agree keep the pressure on

These Republicans are going to do even crazier shit because they are cornered and they are stupid. Anyone want to bet they will try to pass a law that the citizens can't protest downtown? Anyone....

Gosh why do these type of actions seem so familiar? Anyone?