Wall Street Journal: Judge: DC Metro must allow anti-jihad ads
Pamela Geller:
The Judge must have read the case law and saw how utterly wrong she was. She just handed us a complete victory. Props to Judge Collyer for vetting all sides, perhaps playing devil’s advocate and ruling correctly, despite many a false premise. Everyobdy dance now! Download Pdf(11)
Robert Muise was brilliant yesterday.
(Hostile) Judge Rules in Favor of First Amendment, Says DC Metro Must Allow ‘Anti-Jihad’ Ads
“There simply was no way under the First Amendment jurisprudence that we have today that this ad should not have gone up when contracted.”—Read More »
Hooha! Preserving our first amendment rights is big news; that’s how bad things have gotten.
“Judge: DC Metro must allow anti-jihad ads”–Â Wall Street JournalÂ
WASHINGTON — A federal judge says the D.C. transit system must allow a pro-Israel ad that equates Muslim radicals with savages.
U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer said in a one-page opinion Friday that the advertisement must be displayed no later than 5 p.m. on Monday.
The American Freedom Defense Initiative sued last month for the right to display the ads in the Metro system. Metro officials had delayed putting up the ads because of the violent reaction in the Middle East to the video the “Innocence of Muslims,” which denigrated the prophet Muhammad.
Metro spokesman Dan Stessel says the system will comply with the order and the ads will go up this weekend.
Similar ads were expected to be added Monday along the New York City subway system.
Muslim Brotherhood & Hamas front CAIR demands ‘respeck’ — wants to be consulted before ads go up:
* Work closely with organizations representing impacted Muslim and Arab communities.
* Place disclaimers that show that the hate speech promulgated by such advertisements is not representative of the view of WMATA.
* Provide free space for advertisements focused on promoting understanding and tolerance.