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You can now get 30 years in prison for constitutionally protected actions
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Texas Man Gets 30 Years in Prison for Transporting 'Anti-Government' Pamphlets

www.yahoo.com

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Anonymous 19w

Anybody got a full list of the zines so I can avoid them extra hard?

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Anonymous 19w

the article title is pretty misleading, I agree the sentence is harsh and hopefully appeals will handle that. however, like the article states, he wasn’t arrested for the pamphlet or stating his opinion, it was because his wife called and told him to hide evidence (from the jail phone, kinda stupid imo) in a federal investigation. Thats literally obstruction of justice, which is not constitutionally protected.

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Anonymous 19w

Bookmarking this so I can come back after I read what he was actually imprisoned for

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Anonymous 19w

lol freedom of speech doesn’t extend to treasonous statements lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 19w

For the full context: his wife was arrested, and she called him from a prison phone to tell him to hide evidence. The pamphlets themselves were considered evidence of motive. So it’s not about what they were, it’s about what they meant to another criminal case. 30 years is too much, but that’s not an innocent thing to do

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 19w

yes thank you that’s a better explanation. She was at the protest and he wasn’t, but with what he had written on the pamphlets he may as well have been.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 19w

Out of curiosity, what do you think happened in 1776?

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 19w

The First Amendment literally exists to make sure no one ever tries to make it “treasonous” to criticize the government. It actually is treasonous to punish someone for their speech in violation of the First Amendment, because our government is defined by the Constitution, not the people temporarily serving it

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