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The arrest is irrelevant. It's the forced removal from a public forum. If they could have accomplished that back then by simply clicking the ban button, I'm su
by beerandt 6y ago
The arrest is irrelevant. It's the forced removal from a public forum. If they could have accomplished that back then by simply clicking the ban button, I'm sure they would have. Arrest for trespass was merely the simplest means of removal available.
- root_axis 6y agoNo, that's totally wrong. The arrest is the entire legal foundation for the constitutional argument because the arresting officers are censoring speech in their capacity as agents of the state on the basis of legal statute (trespassing laws). Without the arrest there would have been no legal case at all. The 1st amendment restricts the actions of the state not the company town.